Titan sub disaster was caused by weak safety and oversight, Coast Guard says

The Titan submersible disaster could have been prevented, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report Tuesday, but OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush ignored safety warnings, design flaws and crucial oversight that may have resulted in criminal charges had he survived.

The report found the company's safety procedures were "critically flawed," noting that the core of the failures inside the company came down to "glaring disparities" between their safety protocols and actual practices.

Link to the Coast Guard report

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The designers claim the bridge – which is due to be built on one of the most seismically active areas in the Mediterranean – will be able to withstand earthquakes.

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The designers claim the bridge – which is due to be built on one of the most seismically active areas in the Mediterranean – will be able to withstand earthquakes.

I guess time will tell once the bridge is constructed and in use how sturdy it is.

Karma strikes again.

Footage has captured the moment a hit-and-run getaway backfired on a busy Melbourne intersection.

A driver’s reckless attempt to flee a hit-and-run has ended in a spectacular crash at a busy intersection in Melbourne last Thursday.

The chaos began around 6.20pm, when a driver in a grey Kia suddenly swerved in front of another driver while attempting a U-turn in Hampton Park, in the city’s south-east.

The startled man, who filmed the entire incident on his dashcam, shouted “what the f**k” and “pull over” while repeatedly flashing his headlights towards the erratic motorist.

The situation escalated moments later when both drivers pulled up to a red light. The man can be seen exiting his car in a bid to confront the driver of the Kia who in response, crawls closer to the busy intersection.

The attempted getaway quickly turned disastrous when the Kia sped through the red light, colliding with a white car between Hallam and Pound Street.

Footage then shows the Kia, in what feels like slow motion, flip onto its roof while lanes of busy traffic pass.

Thankfully, bystanders confirmed that “everyone was fine after it.”......

I wonder what her excuse to the judge will be.

I wonder what his excuse will be for his totally OTT violently threatening behavior against another motorist, and for subsequently directly causing a potentially deadly crash?

Very stupid all round.


(Much better, and safer for all, is to simply report whatever concerns to the police. And have a nice day.)


And:

Be Excellent to All...
Martin

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Can't believe we watched the same clip. I saw the cam driver with a green light and the other car run a red and got clipped. Then the cam driver wanted to do the correct thing and stop and exchange information. Other driver didn't want to for whatever reason and ran causing another collision.

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The designers claim the bridge – which is due to be built on one of the most seismically active areas in the Mediterranean – will be able to withstand earthquakes.

Italian engineers and construction companies are superior to all others. They know how to remove the debris from a suddenly collapsed large bridge and to construct a replacement within just 23 months.

They've had too much practice at doing so.
Far better to build a bridge properly in the first place than build a new one when the old one enjoys having an early rest.

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A different sort of "transport" accident:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0lygv2w9o

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