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Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:37 pm to YeastExtract
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Pilot baws asleep at the wheel?
Pilot doesn't steer the ship, helmsman does. Pilot basically tells him how to navigate the river.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:37 pm to fightin tigers
Don’t worry yall Jeff Landry is on the way
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:37 pm to MrLSU
That's a chinese ship, frick CHINA
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:37 pm to OU Guy
I was thinking that as well - how were there not A LOT of horn blasts?
Some of those foreign crewed ships are completely oblivious to maritime laws or navigation rules. They just drive the big arse thing, ignore things wrong with it, etc. It's a miracle they don't hit a bridge every day.
Some of those foreign crewed ships are completely oblivious to maritime laws or navigation rules. They just drive the big arse thing, ignore things wrong with it, etc. It's a miracle they don't hit a bridge every day.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:37 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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A ship without power always turns itself abeam to the current.
I didn't know that. It's confusing because the current is hauling arse towards the camera in the video of it hitting the cruiser. Just seems like a powerless ship would just go along with the current.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:38 pm to BrianKellysRealtor
quote:
That's a chinese ship, frick CHINA
I wonder if it was here on jones act waiver?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:38 pm to Hangover Haven
NOBRA nepo pilots...
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:39 pm to TDsngumbo
I don’t know much about the river or river piloting, but damn that ship is close to the bridge. Feel like that could have been a lot worse
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:40 pm to TDsngumbo
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How in the frick does a tanker head that direction, against the current, without power? WTF is going on here?
Ya know how if you’re on a jet ski and take your hand off the throttle and try to steer while still making way?
Now multiply the size and physics of that by 800 or so. If a ship has a complete black out, other than trying to steer with anchors you’re at the mercy of the current, wind, and whatever way the ship was swinging when it lost power
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:40 pm to Lightbringer1
More people are on that sunken ship than were on the bridge at the time I bet.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:41 pm to fightin tigers
quote:
Was going upriver. Was empty.
Why do you think that? Because it was empty it was headed up river?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:41 pm to TDsngumbo
The wreck is upriver of the bridge. Ship was almost completely sideways.
Yep. Its an oversimplification - wind matters a lot, hull shape etc. In general though, a boat afloat will naturally drift perpendicular to the current. ..ETA: I should clarify - the boat will be facing perpendicular to the current. It's direction of travel will still be in the direction of the current.
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didn't know that
Yep. Its an oversimplification - wind matters a lot, hull shape etc. In general though, a boat afloat will naturally drift perpendicular to the current. ..ETA: I should clarify - the boat will be facing perpendicular to the current. It's direction of travel will still be in the direction of the current.
This post was edited on 11/13/26 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:42 pm to olddawg26
Thanks. I don't know anything about that so I'll have to defer to those who do. Just looks so damn wild watching the video of it colliding into it and the cruiser sinking.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:42 pm to MrLSU
The people in that video are likely in the best position of anyone to survive this
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:43 pm to MrLSU
WDSU video with soundVideo shot by Barry Kern shows the moment the tanker collided with the cruise ship.
2pm update
The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. under the Crescent City Connection Bridge.
According to Port NOLA officials, the Atlantic Asphalt tanker collided with the American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage while the cruise ship was docked on the Mississippi River outside 1350 Port of New Orleans Place.
The American Heritage had docked approximately two hours earlier to begin passenger disembarkation, according to Port NOLA.
At the time of the incident, approximately 129 passengers, in addition to crew members, were aboard the American Heritage.
Rescues are underway for at least 12 people who are still in the water.
2pm update
The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. under the Crescent City Connection Bridge.
According to Port NOLA officials, the Atlantic Asphalt tanker collided with the American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage while the cruise ship was docked on the Mississippi River outside 1350 Port of New Orleans Place.
The American Heritage had docked approximately two hours earlier to begin passenger disembarkation, according to Port NOLA.
At the time of the incident, approximately 129 passengers, in addition to crew members, were aboard the American Heritage.
Rescues are underway for at least 12 people who are still in the water.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:44 pm to TDsngumbo
quote:
More people are on that sunken ship than were on the bridge at the time I bet.
You think the bridge collapsing (not saying that would have happened here, just working under this scenario) would have been a better situation than this?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:45 pm to NorCali
This post was edited on 11/13/26 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:45 pm to TDsngumbo
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I don't know anything about that
Very few do, but there’s a shite load that think they do when this stuff happens. Pilot probably couldn’t do anything about it, doesn’t stop people from assuming dumb shite
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:45 pm to JodyPlauche
quote:There is also a pretty big EDM festival at Woldenberg park all weekend
Its right next to Skankfest. Helicopters and police are everywhere.
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