NSF Ship runs aground on coral reef

[MtnDiver]

National Science Foundation ship runs aground on coral reef off the coast of Mexico.

All that high-tech equipment onboard and they can't even spot a reef?


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6990437/

 

[DennisS]

The Univ of Miami/RSMAS ship Columbus Iselin did the same thing. All the high tech gear in the world won't help when the crew runs from the bridge to the wings because someone broke wind.

http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/special/columbus/columbus.html

 

[O2BBubbleFree]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6990437/

"Sound Wave research," looking for an asteroid crater.

In other words a NSF vessel was using active sonar to look at the bottom contour, and didn't see a shallow reef right in front of them.

That's got to be embarrassing...

 

[archman]

The scientific component is conducted by scientists, and has nothing to do with general navigation. That's the ships's crews' responsibility, specifically the mate of the watch. The surveying equipment usually isn't even on the bridge, but in the lab compartment(s), off limits to the general crew.

The navigating officers screwed up.

 

[O2BBubbleFree]

The scientific component is conducted by scientists, and has nothing to do with general navigation. That's the ships's crews' responsibility, specifically the mate of the watch. The surveying equipment usually isn't even on the bridge, but in the lab compartment(s), off limits to the general crew.

The navigating officers screwed up.

Yeah, I know, but I still think it's ironic that they ran aground with all this extra sonar gear onboard.