Submarine’s $10 million repair bill blamed on tracing paper and tidiness
Doodling is banned. Incompetence
normal.
Trafalgar escorted back to base after the accident
A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine needed $10 million worth of repairs after it struck the seabed because a piece of tracing paper covered its navigational chart, investigators have found.
The tracing paper had been used on the chart to protect it from being written on, obscuring vital information.
HMS Trafalgar was grounded near the Isle of Skye in October 2002 because of basic navigational errors during a training exercise for students, according to the official board of inquiry report, which has been released under a freedom of information request.
According to the report, just 90 seconds before the boat hit the seabed, a crew member realised what was about to happen and was recorded as saying: “We’re going to have to change course. This is too dangerous.”
The reactor plant was unaffected, but $10 million of repairs were needed on the hull.
Truly worthwhile allies in the neocon Cold War. They come up to every American military standard.
Posted: Fri - May 23, 2008 at 10:56 AM