Ilovethebomb @ Ilovethebomb @lemmy.nz

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That is kinda depressing that we built houses on the same land that got flooded after Gabrielle.

Looking at the track, they basically did a gradual turn to the right until they ran aground. I imagine someone would have overridden the captain if that happened, they likely lost control over the steering.

I suspect the tobacco was headed their way already, the robbery sounds like a failed attempt to CYA.

One of the reasons people turned against Al Capone was because his men impersonated the police, it's taken seriously for a very good reason.

Yeah, I read that and thought the same thing.

The apprehension part sounds quite confusing if the offender was in uniform, although he was probably pretending to be a detective. Also, the premise behind this sounds so incredibly far fetched it's not funny.

From what I know about Transpower, the investigation and paperwork from this will be intense.

I bet you could hear a pin drop on site after that tower came down.

It's quite funny he didn't even show up and still won.

Sorta, that was a loss of propulsion, rather than loss of steering control.

Yup, Bluebridge and Interislander both had it happen about a week apart.

They seem to have cock ups around the same time as each other quite often, come to think of it. They both were down to one working boat each not very long ago.

Nz herald (ick) story

I know, that's why I already posted it.

This has been posted here already.

Reading the updated story, it definitely sounds like poor procedures.

You'd expect to see the concrete base come out if that happened. It does sound more like poor maintenance than anything else.

Kiwirail definitely didn't get out of being investigated.

Funnily enough, I just watched a YouTube video of yet another bridge collapse in the states, if it's anything like that case, the corrosion and decay would have been duly noted on successive inspections, and duly ignored by the powers that be.

Rusted to hell, would be my guess.

He genuinely is a numpty with no political nouse, isn't he?