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Damning report reveals cause of HMNZS Manawanui's sinking off Samoa (www.nzherald.co.nz)

submitted 1 month ago by _ed to c/newzealand

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...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.

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[–] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why doesn't the maritime industry take cues from the aviation industry as they have worked out a rather simple solution in response to several losses of planes due to similar issues.

Have auto pilot that disengages with sustained mass input of the controls with an accompanying audio alert of "autopilot disengaged, manual control, autopilot disengaged, manual control".