Brian
There were many obstacles to a safe passage.
The radio operators were paid by a separate company, were paid according to the
number of private telegrams sent and therefore prioritised private messages.
The rivets with which the hull was manufactured were mostly new steel ones, but
these needed an automatic riveter which could not be used in some parts of the
hull; therefore the older riveting system, with iron rivets, was used there.
The resulting inconsistency of strength across the hull caused weakness.
The whole documentary, about the Titanic, which we used was pretty harrowing.
But my partner and I used for our case study the failure of a surgical
operation, an excellent example of human factors problems. If you are
interested in Human Factors, you could search for Elaine Bromiley on the
Internet. Her widower examined the performance of the surgical team and
generated so much heat that changes took place after his campaign.
Chris
On 25 Aug 2011, at 11:53, Brian Swale wrote:
> In this, the woman said he had never mentioned any of this until not long
> before his death, BUT the reasons the Titanic went down included:-
>
> (1) The operating officers either didn't want to get the ship owners a bad
> reputation or were under orders not to, so
>
> (2) although the boat was still fully waterproof, they insisted in running it
> at
> full speed after the puncture, and the water force broke open the waterproof
> bulkheads, thus flooding the boat.
>
> (3) if they had run at reduced speed they could have made it safely to port
>
> (4) there WAS another fully capable vessel nearby, but due to (1) they did
> not avail themselves of the potential help
>
> (5) I think there were some other equally culpable details but I don't
> remember them
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|