Titanic tragedy was a steering error!

[Monmyhand]

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LONDON (Reuters) – The Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912 because of a basic steering error, and only sank as fast as it did because an official persuaded the captain to continue sailing, an author said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Louise Patten, a writer and granddaughter of Titanic second officer Charles Lightoller, said the truth about what happened nearly 100 years ago had been hidden for fear of tarnishing the reputation of her grandfather, who later became a war hero. Lightoller, the most senior officer to have survived the disaster, covered up the error in two inquiries on both sides of the Atlantic because he was worried it would bankrupt the ill-fated liner's owners and put his colleagues out of a job.

"They could easily have avoided the iceberg if it wasn't for the blunder," Patten told the Daily Telegraph.

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"Instead of steering Titanic safely round to the left of the iceberg, once it had been spotted dead ahead, the steersman, Robert Hitchins, had panicked and turned it the wrong way." Patten, who made the revelations to coincide with the publication of her new novel "Good as Gold" into which her account of events are woven, said that the conversion from sail ships to steam meant there were two different steering systems.
[Video: A closer look at the Titanic disaster]
Crucially, one system meant turning the wheel one way and the other in completely the opposite direction.

Once the mistake had been made, Patten added, "they only had four minutes to change course and by the time (first officer William) Murdoch spotted Hitchins' mistake and then tried to rectify it, it was too late."

Patten's grandfather was not on watch at the time of the collision, but he was present at a final meeting of the ship's officers before the Titanic went down.
There he heard not only about the fatal mistake but also the fact that J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of Titanic's owner the White Star Line persuaded the captain to continue sailing, sinking the ship hours faster than would otherwise have happened.

"If Titanic had stood still, she would have survived at least until the rescue ship came and no one need have died," Patten said. The was the world's biggest passenger liner when it left Southampton, England, for New York on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. Four days into the trip, the ship hit an iceberg and sank, taking more than 1,500 passengers with it.


mao ni resulta sa attempting to correct a mistake with another mistake and they knew what they were doing. looya.

source: Titanic sunk by steering mistake, author says - Yahoo! News

[jntio]

mao lng gyd pg human basa nko ani sa net. naa pa guro part 2 mao g lain napd ang storya

[colby]

Did the Captain of Titanic cry??

Remember the lines on Mandy Moore's "Someday You'll Know"

Thanks for sharing...

[Monmyhand]

mura ni pregnancy nga gi solusyonan ug abortion. hadlok lang diay sila ma bankrupt. hahay...bottom line is money ra gyud..bahala na life sa pasahero.

[LAPA]

tsk². kung truth man jud gai ni, dugaya jud sa truth mugawas nu?

[Nikki80]

sus...nobody want's to be selfish but everybody is...bahala natong 1500 na namatay tas tsk...yes someday we will know jud...as what many moore's sang

[KASAAC]

az in? tsk tsk kung tinuod man jud kaha ni na paeta gyud diay kung ang tawo magpagamet sa kwarta

[Monmyhand]

tsk². kung truth man jud gai ni, dugaya jud sa truth mugawas nu?

mao ni gisulti nga way aso nga makumkom..grabeha, 100 years man gyud. simple ra gyud kaau ang rason...they tried to prevent bankruptcy...money money money. waahhhh

[Monmyhand]

az in? tsk tsk kung tinuod man jud kaha ni na paeta gyud diay kung ang tawo magpagamet sa kwarta

whether 100 years ago, the present, or 100 years from into the future...it will always be the same, human lives takes second place to money!

[xinevirtucio]

i've seen a documentary ba about the sinking of the titanic.

according to the documentary, titanic could've stayed afloat kai mao mn jd daw ang original design.

unfortunately...sa front dapit ang ila ggammit na bolts..kai substandard...instead atong pure steel.

ang ila ggamit kai ang alloy na..which is weak.

mao pagbangga sa iceberg...nabuak ang katong bolt..nya nileak ang tubig...den..kung at least 2 chambers lang daw ang nasudlan..makalutaw pa daw ang titanic..unfortunately..tungod atong bolt nga nabuak...more than two chambers ang nasudlan sa tubig..mao to nawala ang balance.

the reason why substandard na ggamit na bolt sa front kai ang kato machine nila para muduk2x sa steel bolt dli na kaabot sa atubangan.

kai manual dokdok lage..nggamit clag alloy kai humok...

so mao sad resulta.....contributing factor sad cguro ni.

kai gfeature mani sa nat geo before

hay...kwarta rapud hinungdan