On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 09:33:04PM -0430, Greg Ihnen wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Mike Andrews wrote: > > > 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 > > > > One more option: engine or steering failure making dropping the hook an > urgent necessity. What are the chances you'd hit a fiber-optic cable. ; -)
Good call. I'd not seen that one, but should have, and engineering failures seem to be happening (or to be reported) rather more than they used to. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
