Sarah S
Member
Hello everyone,
if they had seen the iceberg in time and avoided the collision succesfully, what would they have done next? Stop all the machines and rested for the entire night, or would Smith still have ordered to continue with “low speed”?
Would the thought of having “almost” collided with such a huge iceberg have shocked them enough to radically change course/speed or what would the reactions have been from officers and captain, after passing by the enormous iceberg? Is it possible that they wouldn’t have thought much of the iceberg, since they succesfully spotted it in time and therefore would have confidently continued with speed and course, or would the reactions be rather fearful and concerned? Do you think Smith would have confronted the Operators regarding ice warnings and why they didn’t receive any reports that ice was on their course (since the Mesaba message was apparently never delivered to the Officers..)? I wonder what discussions they would have had about it.
Sorry for the many questions and thank you.
if they had seen the iceberg in time and avoided the collision succesfully, what would they have done next? Stop all the machines and rested for the entire night, or would Smith still have ordered to continue with “low speed”?
Would the thought of having “almost” collided with such a huge iceberg have shocked them enough to radically change course/speed or what would the reactions have been from officers and captain, after passing by the enormous iceberg? Is it possible that they wouldn’t have thought much of the iceberg, since they succesfully spotted it in time and therefore would have confidently continued with speed and course, or would the reactions be rather fearful and concerned? Do you think Smith would have confronted the Operators regarding ice warnings and why they didn’t receive any reports that ice was on their course (since the Mesaba message was apparently never delivered to the Officers..)? I wonder what discussions they would have had about it.
Sorry for the many questions and thank you.