LobsterBoston1980 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Seems like people around the world do not like the Chinese people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Swagman Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 As a professionally handled vessel, the tanker should have been displaying a flag warning other vessels to stay clear 1) because it is carrying hazardous material but more especially 2) it was refuelling another vessel. The professional captain of the speed boat should have been nowhere near the tanker having seen and instantly recalled the meaning of the flag. Hard to see how the exhaustive training and checking process that is pusued in this country could have broken down to such an extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyrobot Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Did the steering also fail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cereal Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 For those that mentioned a rudder, there is no rudder on this boat. It has outboard engines. They swivel back and forth and thus turning the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 5:03 PM, NamKangMan said: "the speedboat suffered some sort of engine or control malfunction" - shouldn't that read "rudder malfunction?" Even if the engine was stuck on full throttle, the boat could still steer out of the path of the tanker. No rudder when outboard motors are used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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