On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:41:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Tim wrote:
Mr. Luddite
On 6/19/2017 9:20 AM, Tim wrote:
FWIW, I picked this up from a French gentleman in FB.

"In France whe have more informations ...
It's a japanese container carrier boat but With a Philippine flag and crew.
And this boat at the Last moment abruptly changed his direction ...
Investigation is underway With this crew..."



I wonder what they mean by "abruptly changed direction".

A ship like that, loaded as it was, can't "abruptly change direction".
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Beats me, Rich. That's why I put the FWIW in my post...


The AIS shows a couple off course maneuvers shortly before the crash.
Maybe defective autopilot and nobody on bridge.

It is still unclear exactly when the crash happened. The first erratic
turn was to starboard. The question is which way was the Fitz going
and when did that turn occur. I am sure everything that happened on
both bridges was recorded. The freighter had AIS so it was pretty
modern. The Navy logs everything. The question is what that reveals.
I imagine this will be a battle of the lawyers long before anything
gets released. Unfortunately the mere fact that the destroyer was hit
on the starboard side makes it pretty hard to say they are not at
fault to some extent.