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   𝕥ℝ𝕠𝕃𝕃𝕚ℕ 𝕜𝕀𝕥𝕥𝔼𝕙 (fuknukl@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 13:11:52 JST 𝕥ℝ𝕠𝕃𝕃𝕚ℕ 𝕜𝕀𝕥𝕥𝔼𝕙

   How not to fly a Blackhak Helicopter....

   BREAKING NEWS - Plane crashes into DC's Potomac River while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport

   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14340645/Plane-crashes-Reagan-National-Airport-Washington.html

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 13:11:51 JST djsumdog

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     The ship in Baltimore was piloted by a harbor master, just like every ship in a harbor (ships are usually not allowed to pilot themselves in harbors). Harbor masters need 10+ years helm experience. The boat lost power, and he still managed to call mayday and manually dropped one of the anchors. It was not a DEI hire problem, it's the fucking disastrous state of ships that are falling apart in our oceans problem.
     
     The blackhawk crash looks terrible. Seems like only 4 people survived. I'm going to guess someone just made a mistake; either the plane or the helicopter were at the wrong altitude or the air traffic controller gave the wrong instructions. Maybe DEI hire caused, maybe not. But it doesn't really matter to the 60+ people who are dead.
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     Killer*Mule (killer_mule@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 13:11:52 JST Killer*Mule

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     @fuknukl Is this like the DEI hire that sank that ship?

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 13:15:49 JST djsumdog

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     • ins0mniak
     oh man. You live in "The District"? Like can you see the river?
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@majestic12.airforce)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 13:15:51 JST ins0mniak

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     @djsumdog @Killer_Mule @fuknukl I wish I could give context other than I'm watching this out my window rn lol
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     Killer*Mule (killer_mule@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 00:26:34 JST Killer*Mule

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     @JollyR I meant the New zealand ship, but as ypu can see here, it wasn't a DEI problem. I was totally mistaken. The Baltimore thing was pretty crazy, I didn't know all you wrote here. @djsumdog @fuknukl

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     Jolly Rancher (jollyr@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 00:26:34 JST Jolly Rancher

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     Oh yeah, now I remember.
     1. Baltimore: rustbucket ship, jeet crew, flimsy bridge
     2. NZ: brand new ship, DEI female captain
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     Jolly Rancher (jollyr@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 00:26:35 JST Jolly Rancher

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     • Killer*Mule
     The detailed timeline, when it came out, revealed a combination of failures on the Baltimore bridge ship. It had a complex electrical system, with 2 different voltages of AC as I recall, and some DC connections, batteries to start it. Start up takes about 20 minutes. There is redundancy in the electrical system with a web of cross connects, inverters, and buses to route power as needed.
     
     But it lacked redundancy that night, as one generator was out of service, and had been out for some time. Something tripped a breaker, and power failed at the worst possible time, 10 or 15 minutes before passing under the bridge. Mistakes were made by the crew, putting the non-working generator in line to deliver power... The big engine died completely and there was no longer time to go through the start up sequence.
     
     The harbor pilot called the harbor master, giving police about 5 or 10 minutes to clear the bridge. Unfortunately there was a maintenance crew out working on the bridge, and not time enough to warn them.
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 00:27:30 JST djsumdog

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     Yea the NZ captain left the ship on auto-pilot 🤣
     
     https://odysee.com/@Bearing:6/she-left-it-on-cruise-control-female:0