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Unknown Sea Story lob sinks
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Dan
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“Looking out at the waves, the weather wasn't terrible," says Sarah Martin, an NHS doctor from Lancaster who was on the trip. But, she says, "furniture was sliding around the deck - we asked the crew if it was normal and they just shrugged, so we didn't realise the danger we were in".
"I didn't sleep that night because the boat was rocking so much," says Hissora Gonzalez, a diver from Spain, whose cabin was on the lower deck.
She describes how the boat rolled sharply several times until, just before 03:00, it flipped onto its side with a loud bang, followed by silence as the engines died - and total darkness.”
Unstable boat with furniture sliding across the floor would act like pendulum and magnify the swing. A well designed boat would include anchoring large furnitures and equipments on the floor.
"I didn't sleep that night because the boat was rocking so much," says Hissora Gonzalez, a diver from Spain, whose cabin was on the lower deck.
She describes how the boat rolled sharply several times until, just before 03:00, it flipped onto its side with a loud bang, followed by silence as the engines died - and total darkness.”
Eyewitness accounts…………
Red Sea tourist boat sinking: Survivors tell BBC of terrifying escapes
Eleven survivors describe what happened and raise safety questions about the dive boat Sea Story.www.bbc.co.uk
Unstable boat with furniture sliding across the floor would act like pendulum and magnify the swing. A well designed boat would include anchoring large furnitures and equipments on the floor.
Russjstewart
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Sounds like a bad case of loll, if it was flopping from one side to the other
Oh. My. God. That BBC video of the survivors is terrifying. But what is really terrifying is that the video includes a brief before shot of the Sea Story and it looks great, completely seaworthy, like I wouldn’t have had any doubt about getting on it! That is absolutely terrifying.
Makes one wonder how one can trust any Egyptian LOB.
Makes one wonder how one can trust any Egyptian LOB.
Dan
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Well, if 1.5m waves capsized this boat, there’s something wrong in the boat design, like top-heavy or tall-skinny instead of short-&-fat configuration.
RV Seaventure just went through 9m waves when we were in Antarctica. Dining tables & chairs were anchored to the floor. The back of refrigerators were secured on to the wall behind them. When that huge waves hit, wine glasses were flying & crashing to the walls / windows, but the chairs & tables stayed put solidly on the floor.
RV Seaventure just went through 9m waves when we were in Antarctica. Dining tables & chairs were anchored to the floor. The back of refrigerators were secured on to the wall behind them. When that huge waves hit, wine glasses were flying & crashing to the walls / windows, but the chairs & tables stayed put solidly on the floor.
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