On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:20:10AM -0800, virendra rode wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 02/27/2012 08:11 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > > Is anyone seeing this ? > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17179544 > > > > "East Africa's high-speed internet access has been severely disrupted > > after a ship dropped its anchor onto fibre-optic cables off Kenya's > > coast."
The ship was reported to have dropped anchor while in a restricted or prohibited area. These areas are _EXTREMELY_ well marked on charts. I can't see it being anything other than human or mechanical error: not checking if the ship is in a no-anchorage area, or the anchor chain wildcat brake _and_ the anchor chain blocking device fail simultaneously, or watch officer totally mistakes the ship's location and orders the anchor to be let go. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
