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Default J. Ganz in re S.F. Bay oil spill

"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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According to the paper today, there was a communication problem between
the pilot and "crew." Not sure what it means yet.

Here's a decent vid of the damage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CeYDXPeEhs

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One can see a heck of a strong current runnng through there. Also see how
she is straining at her anchor cable afterwards.A positioning error some
distance back along the approach route would leave a big ship rather short
of options for avoiding collision.



This is pretty common current speed for the area... the pilot had a lot of
experience, so I doubt that's the case, but you never know.


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