…He said the crew did not realise Manawanui remained in autopilot and, mistakenly believed its failure to respond to direction changes was the result of a thruster control failure…
Hows that for a work story… I’ve had some bad days at the office, but they have not resulted in the loss of a $100 million dollar piece of equipment.
On the face of it that does sound logical, but seemingly it must be common in large vessels* so i’d assume there’s a reason for it that as a pleb I have no idea about.
*from a sample size of 1 fairly large ferry and an NZ Navy ship.
Whatever the reason for not having it cancel seems less important than not crashing a ship 😅