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He was continually going out there speaking with different leaders. why was it so important that john mccain made that a significant portion of his job? >> because i think -- this is a fundamental thing about being a naval officer. when you are a young naval officer, one of the things they teach you is you have to hit the deck plates. to understand what's going on on your ship, you have to be out and about with your sailors. he wanted to be on the deck plates. he wanted to talk to the troops. he wanted to talk to the commanders. he wanted to see all the missions, warts and all, all the good th...

Engines using the fuel lines. >> after that internal study, the company came out with a new policy to, again, shield all of the flanges and the hoses that were below the deck plates. >> but you didn't shield the hose that caused this tragedy. >> that hose was beneath the deck plates and it was believed that the deck plates would act as a shield. in this case it found a gap in the bilge plates and caused a fire. >> they put guards on the hoses because they were having problems with these hoses as a result of vibrations in these engines and they knew that was the problem and they knew it would c...

Fuel lines in just two years and on january 2nd, carnival issue as compliance order, giving ships two months to address the problem to ensure a suitable spray shield is installed for all diesel engines using the flexible fuel lines. mark jackson is carnival's chief engineer that after that internal study, the company came out with a new policy to again shield all of the flanges and the hoses that were below the deck plates. >> but you didn't seal the one hose that wound up causing this tragedy. >> that hose was beneath the deck plates and it was believe thad the deck plates would act as that s...

Resulting in fuel leaks associated with flexible fuel lines in just two years. and on january 2nd, carnival issues a compliance order giving ships two months to address the problem, to ensure installed for all diesel engines using the flexible fuel lines. mark jackson is the chief engineer. >> after that internal study, the company came out with a new policy to again shield all of the flanges and the hoses that were below the deck plates. >> but you didn't shield the one hose that wound up causing this tragedy. >> that hose was beneath the deck plates, and it was believed that the deck plates ...