…He said the crew did not realise Manawanui remained in autopilot and, mistakenly believed its failure to respond to direction changes was the result of a thruster control failure…
Hows that for a work story… I’ve had some bad days at the office, but they have not resulted in the loss of a $100 million dollar piece of equipment.
Oh, jesus christ.
I’m starting to think the marine industry needs to take a good, hard look at the helm and autopilot systems in use, it sounds like they’re far more difficult to operate than they need to be.
It’s also been a major factor in two different vessel groundings, just with NZ flagged vessels.