• MeanElevator@aussie.zone
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    Would this warrant an investigation? It’s a private operation in international waters (AFAIK) that was 100% voluntary.

    I’m sure there’s a myriad (or plethora) of things that were wrong with the vessel.

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      1 year ago

      insurance companies will want an investigation

      and I think navys and coast guards, to be pragmatic missions like this are a valuable learning tool and good practice

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      1 year ago

      There were paying customers, on a ship built in the United States, departing from Canada.

      Both NTSB and the TSB in Canada will want to investigate, as it was commercial.

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        1 year ago

        Good take on it. I guess I’m quite prejudiced against wealthy people paying to do dangerous shit. Having said that I don’t wish them any ill. It just looked like a really dumb thing to begin with. The PC controller on the thing is a bit of a joke tbh.

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            1 year ago

            I would imagine that being wealthy, one would go above and beyond to ensure one’s safety. Especially when it’s a highly dangerous situation.

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              Definitely would rather be in an Airbus though.

              With triple redundancies on all steering and control related systems, and almost all software will be mathematically proven for correctness.

              All this is hard and expensive though (Software in this environment cannot use dynamic memory at all), hence I can see a startup taking shortcuts.