The physical causes sans human errors.
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Chuck Norcutt
On 8/25/2011 6:53 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Chris wrote
>>
>> I think that they got quite a lot wrong in Titanic, Ken.
>>
>> But, as an aside, the reasons for the Titanic's accident, holing and
>> sinking with so much loss of life are very interesting. I undertook a
>> Human Factors Facilitators' course earlier in the year and one of the case
>> studies was Titanic:
>>
>> Too few lifeboats
>> Inconsistent use of riveting techniques and materials
>> Relationships among the officers
>> Ambiguity of the contracts for the radio operators
>> etc . . .
>
> This is interesting .... a couple of years ago I heard a radio programme
> locally (NZ) which reported the interview of (somebody such as) the sister of
> the brother of the chief engineer.
>
> 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
>
> After hearing this I fully expected it to be news headlines, but I never
> heard it
> again..
>
> Which doesn't prove anything, necessarily - I am not news monitor ...
>
> Brian Swale.
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