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Re: A credible AIS track for the Costa Concordia
From: Derrick Young
Date: 2012 Jan 24, 13:21 -0500
From: Derrick Young
Date: 2012 Jan 24, 13:21 -0500
I believe the term is “loss of situational awareness” would apply to this incident.
Derrick
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From: navlist-bounce@fer3.com [mailto:navlist-bounce@fer3.com] On Behalf Of James N Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:14 PM
To: NavList@fer3.com
Subject: [NavList] Re: A credible AIS track for the Costa Concordia
Gary:
I didn't ask, but I would presume that alarms are possible should anything be discerned by the sonar. There still might not be enough time, as you point out. Perhaps it was imprudent to be traveling so fast so near hazards.
Jim Wilson