emmas gran Posted June 2, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Just been reading she has crashed in dock in Venice!! Don't have much more detail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvadrouw Posted June 2, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Here is a video of it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Captain-John Posted June 2, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Ouch - some people were injured: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/782861/venice-msc-opera-crash-dock Wonder how a ship can get out of control like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvadrouw Posted June 2, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Status shows 'Not Under Command' and tugs have come to assist Edited June 2, 2019 by darthvadrouw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvadrouw Posted June 2, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 2, 2019 From this video tweet, we can see that there was a tug assisting her, as I believe is normal in Venice, when the incident happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimVB Posted June 2, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Our daughter and husband are on the ship. They haven't been told much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philsuarez Posted June 2, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Looks like some kind of mechanical failure with throttle or steering controls as she was clearly receiving assistance from tugs at the time and likely a pilot was on board. Hopefully nobody seriously hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneman56 Posted June 2, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 2, 2019 21 minutes ago, philsuarez said: Looks like some kind of mechanical failure with throttle or steering controls as she was clearly receiving assistance from tugs at the time and likely a pilot was on board. Hopefully nobody seriously hurt I don't think they use throttle at all when in the basin, they go to idle and get pulled in by tug. But we will find out in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philsuarez Posted June 2, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 2, 2019 She certainly looked like she was going at a fair clip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneman56 Posted June 2, 2019 #10 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Well She isn't going to be sailing anytime soon. So looks like the 2.5K who were supposed to be starting their cruise will all be going home, not like you can magic up another ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneman56 Posted June 2, 2019 #11 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Can a mod edit the subject so everyone knows this is the original thread about the accident or else were going to see a few more started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted June 2, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 2, 2019 The cruise ship's owner, MSC Cruises, said the ship, the MSC Opera, was about to dock at a passenger terminal in Venice when it had a mechanical problem. Two towboats guiding the cruise ship into Venice tried to stop the massive cruise ship, but they were unable to prevent it from ramming into the river boat. "The two towboats tried to stop the giant and then a tow cable broke, cut by the collision with the river boat," Davide Calderan, president of a towboat association in Venice, told the Italian news agency ANSA. Calderan said the cruise ship's engine was locked when the captain called for help. Following the accident, calls for banning cruise ships in Venice, long a source of contention in the over-extended tourist city, were renewed. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cruise-ship-plows-tourist-boat-venice-n1012846?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted June 2, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 2, 2019 The Opera crashed into Uniworld's River Countess when docking due to (according to MSC) mechanical issues. https://news.sky.com/story/cruise-ship-crashes-into-dock-and-tourist-boat-in-venice-11733440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare broberts Posted June 2, 2019 #14 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogfog Posted June 2, 2019 #15 Share Posted June 2, 2019 OUCH! No one wants that to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted June 2, 2019 #16 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Does anyone know what a locked engine means.... like stuck in first ⚙️ gear???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted June 2, 2019 #17 Share Posted June 2, 2019 My guess is one of two things, either "locked up" as in broken, or locked position meaning it was shut down and the throttle control locked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylor1293 Posted June 2, 2019 #18 Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, capriccio said: The Opera crashed into Uniworld's River Countess when docking due to (according to MSC) mechanical issues. https://news.sky.com/story/cruise-ship-crashes-into-dock-and-tourist-boat-in-venice-11733440 Very scary. There is also video, on Twitter, from someone on the ship. Praying no one was critically injured or died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimVB Posted June 2, 2019 #19 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Our daughter tells us that the cruise will continue, leaving Venice at 2000 tonight. She and her husband boarded the Opera in Bari yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpjump Posted June 2, 2019 #20 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Didnt another MSC crashed a Caribbean port last year? Maybe they need new captains... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted June 2, 2019 #21 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Or maybe someone on shore was quick enough to loose the lines when they saw what was happening... I've seen parking jobs like that in Paris... Edited June 2, 2019 by Essiesmom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted June 2, 2019 #22 Share Posted June 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, jumpjump said: Didnt another MSC crashed a Caribbean port last year? Maybe they need new captains... The Armonia in, I think it was Cozumel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredric22 Posted June 2, 2019 #23 Share Posted June 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, jumpjump said: Didnt another MSC crashed a Caribbean port last year? Maybe they need new captains... Ships are usually in command of the local pilots while docking and leaving port. I am not saying this excuses any kind of mechanical issues, but the local pilot is always on the bridge during these times and is actually the person in charge. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted June 2, 2019 #24 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Correct Pilot is on control in entering and leaving port I always watch them hop off and onto the pilot boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted June 2, 2019 #25 Share Posted June 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, Fredric22 said: Ships are usually in command of the local pilots while docking and leaving port. I am not saying this excuses any kind of mechanical issues, but the local pilot is always on the bridge during these times and is actually the person in charge. The Captain or Master is always in charge. Pilots are experts who advise. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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