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Post by Scott on Oct 27, 2006 18:41:48 GMT -8
I can't find a printed news release for this story, but it will be in the newspapers tomorrow. Today there was a report into another near miss, this one on December 31, 2004. The Queen of New Westminster just leaving Tsawwassen. The officers thought it was on auto-pilot, but it wasn't and it drifted towards Roberts Bank. The second officer? noticed when the ferry was less than half a mile off the Roberts Bank terminal and steered the ferry clear. The report says the officer sailed the ferry through waters (after he discovered the ferry was off course), not knowing whether the waters were navigatable or not and he also didn't report the incident to the captain.
This story broke on the 3pm news on CKNW.. leading story. Hahn says the officer was suspended following the incident.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 27, 2006 19:46:35 GMT -8
Looks like that dust couldn't stay under the carpet. I guess the media is doing some housecleaning and found somethings they did not expect to find.
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Post by kylefossett on Oct 27, 2006 21:27:31 GMT -8
Looks like that dust couldn't stay under the carpet. I guess the media is doing some housecleaning and found somethings they did not expect to find. hidden safety issues like this and people wonder why darin bowland quit after 6 weeks. my guess is he was having trouble sleeping at night with what he was finding |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 28, 2006 10:19:32 GMT -8
From Saturday Oct.28, 2006 Vancouver Sun:
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BC Ferries reveals another steering mishap
A day after releasing details on how human error set a super ferry off course nearly two years ago, BC Ferries has revealed that another large ferry went off course just two weeks later.
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........and because I'm not a subcriber, that's the only part of the story that I'm allowed to see on the net.
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Post by Scott on Oct 28, 2006 11:21:32 GMT -8
BC Ferries wouldn't have a news release about it on their website would they?  |
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Oct 28, 2006 11:25:00 GMT -8
cascade, here is a simple answer, BCFS is "privatized"
Here is the explanation. Since BCFS is "privatized", they can keep a good chunk of information private if they wish. There is no requirement that I know of that requires BCFS to report these things.
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Post by kylefossett on Oct 28, 2006 12:10:34 GMT -8
not really something that you want to have a press release about.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2006 14:59:29 GMT -8
I read in the Times-Colonist( this week) that BCF has many small accidents in the last few years that we have never even heard of.
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Post by Doug on Oct 29, 2006 0:03:45 GMT -8
Who cares. The important thing is that they DIDN'T hit the Robert's Bank. Human error is natural. Get over it.
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