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Related: About this forumCruise Ship cannot stop, runs into the dock...
....No, I didn't believe it either...
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Cruise Ship cannot stop, runs into the dock... (Original Post)
Stuart G
Apr 2018
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heaven05
(18,124 posts)1. remind me
not to take a cruise on that line geez
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. One way to stop
marble falls
(57,083 posts)3. "When good ships attack".......
I think Cap'in Stueben has some 'splainin' to do.
AllaN01Bear
(18,216 posts)4. eep
when all else fails , full astern and drop anchor. opps.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)5. The catch is...a boat this big...
TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)6. That was a very bad sequel.
Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)7. At least they didn't scratch the anchor!
dembotoz
(16,804 posts)8. now i don't feel as bad about the scratches on my car from the garage
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)9. About those scratches..???In Weird News group...I found a video of a container ship bumping....
into the Panama Canal... look in Offbeat Topics...pull that one down, and you will see weird news..The ship bumping into the canal is the first post in that topic..
erronis
(15,257 posts)10. In my recollection a ferry in Seattle rammed the dock and killed multiple
That's when they started adding computers (I don't know if it was called AI back then) to actually take control.
Humans are the weakest link.
ffr
(22,670 posts)11. Their bow thruster still appears to work.
Towlie
(5,324 posts)12. You'd think the captain would have at least sounded the horn as a warning.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)13. I can't help it...but I got to add this....(forgive me please)
.....Maybe the captain didn't sound the horn, because he is horny.......
Sancho
(9,070 posts)14. Just needs a lesson from Captain Ron!
3Hotdogs
(12,378 posts)15. Weren't tug boats involved?