Oil Tanker Crash on the Mississippi River in New Orleans

[indaswamp]

I do not know all the details yet, but I have connections to the river pilots and waiting to hear back what they can say about the situation. Many may not know that all foreign vessels that enter the Mississippi river are boarded by trained river pilots which Captain the vessel as it travels up or down the river. The river pilots are responsible for navigation through a specific section of the river,,,I think it is either 10 or 12 miles. The pilots trade off through each section. Maritime law applies. The pilots are trained in hostage situations, most have some military training, and they board the ships armed. I just can't see a river pilot intentionally driving a ship into a civilian tour boat. Maybe the ship had a mechanical failure. who knows. It does make one wonder though. Anyways, here is a local news source with good info and a video of the moment of impact.All individuals are accounted for...thank God....

https://www.wbrz.com/news/miracle-o...al-everyone-accounted-for-after-boat-capsizes

 

[Buckeye1]

Very lucky. That river boat went down fast.

 

[DRKsmoking]

WOW, glad all ok, must have been some kind of malfuntion. Going across the river not up or down.

Same as here in our large harbour, Pilots must placed on every ship that enters our port, ok coarse not our Navy ships

David

 

[Fueling Around]

Scary. Relieved all are safe.
Boats that big just don't have brakes. Surprised it didn't have a tug escort when that close to the docks.
I believe all bays, sounds, and anything considered inland waters require a pilot.

 

[JckDanls 07]

Yes... Tampa Bay has Pilots as well... They board outside of the Bay when inbound... And of course when leaving... Pilots instruct the tugs on what to do...

 

[Brokenhandle]

I'm waiting for all the conspiracy theories to start!

 

[Quiganomics]

I'm waiting for all the conspiracy theories to start!

I don't know about conspiracy theories, but with the tanker crash, grounding of flights, 911 outages, Amtrak's booking system going down, and Microsoft's issues, it seems like too much of a coincidence that something isn't happening. And I have little faith that they would tell us plebs what's going on.
Top.
Men.

-Shaun

 

[schlotz]

Maybe its more like way too many things are run via programmed software and look at who's minding them. Youngsters who were not trained to test, verify and reverify before putting updates into production. In the case of the grounding yesterday, welcome to a 70s analog system time bomb that got overloaded. It's the result and total lack of responsibility from every lawmaker in the US Gov who have kicked the can down the road for the last 40 years. Thankfully nobody got hurt. There's another one ticking louder each passing year that's been handled (ignored) the same way and will bite millions of people hard in the upcoming years.... Social Security insolvency.