Brrrrrrr!

[Jeff S]

 

 

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2364504120071123

[MrWiggly]

Latest reports say that the captain is considering abandoning ship because it is sinking.

 

What ? No watertight bulkheads ?

 

Did the Titanic teach them nothing ???

[chesters1]

i cant fathom why the cornish lot are involved its at the cheap end of the earth far far away

[RobStubbs]

It was bound to crash at some time, with the name "MS Explorer" !

 

Rob.

[Darren T]

It was bound to crash at some time, with the name "MS Explorer"

 

classic

 

i thought vessels that were going near ice floes had to have double hulls these days. i am pretty sure oil tankers do now.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

classic

 

i thought vessels that were going near ice floes had to have double hulls these days. i am pretty sure oil tankers do now.

 

Your correct and it did have a double hull, but according to reports it had one or two defects one of which was dodgy water tight bulkhead doors.

 

Had to smile when they said it had a hole the size of a fist, if that was the only damage then the pumps must have been a bit dodgy as well.

 

Add to that it had had two previous accidents, seemed doooooooomed to me

 

Good job everyone got off OK.

[chesters1]

might have been a "gap" rather than a hole

i find it strange that "we" are "destroying" the ice shelves yet half the earth and their handmaidens flock there to see it ,you wont find a report anywhere about retreating ice without the commentator actually going there to show it ,it must be busier than fooking london! no wonder its melting all that new on the spot hot air ,guff and bunkem is doing it

Edited November 23, 2007 by chesters1