Have you ever piloted a 737? Or any other transport category aircraft?
Pilou, I merged the two similar threads.
I expect we'll hear soon they have finally accepted the unavoidability of getting an empty container ship (with cranes) as near as possible, and swinging a fair number of containers off her, if they ever want to get her moved.
Excuse my ignorance. So you have this fully loaded ship of 400 meters running into the side at 13 knots. One would think it would have massive inertia. What if any structural damage to this vessel would be expected? Would this further complicate the situation?
I understand this vessel had all navigational aids but to my eye I don’t see a helm. Where is it? Could anybody see in front of the bow or even the sides of the canal except on a screen?
Had an interesting chat today with a military officer from a Middle East country’s army.
His view how to free the container ship. Egypt army operates 1,360 M1A1 Abrams tanks.
His thoughts were that a solution may come from immobile element as ground more than mobile element as water in a narrow canal where circular flows & conflicting currents happen when tugs operate all together.
Anyway this was not my personal views nor my problem.
His view how to free the container ship. Egypt army operates 1,360 M1A1 Abrams tanks.
10 tugs pulling on the starboard stern and 10 tugs pushing on the port stern with the main engine in reverse at high tide might make it wiggle a little or tear it in half. Do you feel lucky?