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Would wait for the captain to make that call. >> it would dppd the captain were incapacitated at some point f. the captain had been killed in an accident somebody else would have to make the decision and it would usually fall to the second in command, the chief mate. >> in your experience, you are very much in tune with your ship. so even in your compartment you can sense and feel if something is going wrong and call up to the bridge. >> absolutely. anyone who has been at sea for alength of time...

>> without a doubt. there was plenty of time to get the life rafts deploy which should have been done. to have a young school child make a phone call to an emergency place before a seasoned captain, that should tell you something right there. the captain was very indecisive. >> is something like this rov going to see any better than a diver? >> it potentially can with the sonar capability. but again the limitation is not only because of lack of light but the amount of silt down there. i applaud ...

Plenty of time for evacuation or at least for mustering. the ship didnt go down in a matter of minutes. >> without a doubt. there was plenty of time to get the life rafts deploy which should have been done. to have a young school child make a phone call to an emergency place bafr seasoned captain, that should tell you something right there. the captain was very indecisive. >> is something like this rov going to see any better than a diver? >> it potentially can with the sonar capability. but aga...

Shows the intention on the crews part which will go back to the training. we need to find out where the captain was at the time the call was made. to be fair to him we have to know if the captain was on the bridge at that time. i hasnt had a time line so i cant say but disheartening especially when a young boy, makes an emergency call over a seasoned captain. >> is there a procedure for calling authorities? i read that its the captain in terms of the ship personnel, the captain has to make the d...