As a diver, I am relieved to learn that all the sat divers survived the horrific incident. They were trapped and helpless. I dread to think what they were going through. RIP those rig workers who perished before help arrived.
When he explained about increasing the pressure so the sat divers could go down with the ship and hope for later rescue I gasped out loud in horror. That is nightmare!
The idea of being in a chamber on a sinking platform, being unable to simply open the hatch. Having to increase the chamber pressure because that is how you predict you could be rescued, from the sea floor. Nightmare fuel.
I think one of the worst part of it all is that it started because the captain cared about the well being of a crew member. Time and again we see the result of callous disregard for the others - this time it was the opposite.
You never put one sailor's life ahead of all the rest by compromising safety. Ripley knew this in Alien, and that's why she didn't want to let Kane on board when they came back with the facehugger. : )
I've never considered the possibility of the ship carrying a pressurized saturation diver team sinking, let alone catching fire. Can't even fathom how uniquely terrifying it must have been knowing that will die in agony if you try to escape the chamber, and could wind up trapped in a shipwreck on the bottom of the ocean OR cooked alive if you stay inside. And not to mention what the operators must have felt having to abandon those divers on a burning ship. Brutal
That’s a lot all at once for one or a few people to decide. I have never thought about all of that either. I don’t do that kind of work, but I have watched a lot of videos from how platforms are built to problems that develop. Very compartmentalized decisions to be made at any given moment.
@@seanowens3153a lot of reasons not to think about it. Especially if it’s not what you do for work. Not sure why you’re seemingly talking down to someone about it?
At sea a small problem can quickly escalate to a massive problem.. "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, the battle was lost; For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horseshoe nail" The lack of maintenence on the leeward crane, and the automatic thruster problem aboard the support ship caused the catastrophe, not the cook's severed fingers.
The outcome is a tragedy, but I find their determination to aid inspiring.. especially in a region not known for industrial safety. The divers' experience is seriously harrowing.
This is why it's so important to always recognize and assess risks with the utmost of caution. The chef would have lived with proper first aid to his fingers and could've waited a number of hours to get more thorough medical care. I appreciate the captain's desire to see his man taken care of, but he's panicking because of the blood and not taking the time to do it safely.
Those poor eleven men lost at sea must have endured complete despair at having been effectively abandoned after they were forced to jump from the burning structure and ship! They went from their normal work day to a lonely death at sea...
lost at sea just means they weren't accounted for.. They could've died in the explosions or those that jumped without lifejackets likely would've drowned almost immediately.
Given how appalling the weather was, and the fact that so many people had to bail into the ocean without time for lifeboats, rafts, or even LIFEJACKETS, I am surprised that the death toll was only 22, when there were over 200 people involved. That’s an incredible rescue effort. It could so easily have been even more tragic.
The scale and severity of this disaster is terrifying but the rescue response comes across as extraordinarily competent and commendable. All of the details mentioned point to this.
I love the titles on your videos. The chain of events leading to a disaster is always fascinating. And holy crap, being a saturation diver stuck in a decompression chamber at this time is nightmare fuel.
It’s amazing so many people survived and the rescue effort is to be admired. If only all of those efforts were this successful. RIP to all of those who lost their lives.
As a sailor and history buff, I appreciate your thorough details with helpful graphics. And I'm glad you don't resort to the dramatic language and music that some other channels use. So this particular title makes it sound like the blame is on the chef. And while that was a vad accident, the weather did play a huge role. Like a series of falling dominoes. Keep up the great work.
Like all disasters. Remove one variable and said accident/disaster never happens. The cook was just the poor unfortunate catalyst to the situation that unfolded. Not necessarily to blame.
The captain played the biggest role in this disaster. Why he manoeuvred his ship in such dangerous conditions when he knew how close he was to the platform is the reason this happened. Even if his intentions with the cook were good, the fact is he took ridiculous risks for a non life threatening injury.
Not to marginalize losing a couple fingertips, but given the circumstances (and doing my best to ignore the benefit of hindsight) it seemed like an insane amount of risk to evacuate the cook. In the military the highest priority for evacuation is life, limb, or eyesight: if any of those are at risk, more risks will indeed be taken to get somebody to medical care. Short of that, they might have to just suck it up for a while.
exactly! I'm about halfway in, and it's like the slices of swiss cheese are lining up in slowmo over an injury that's pretty treatable without specialized equipment or training. I feel like there's got to be more to it than "the tips of two fingers", because in those weather conditions, with all the damaged equipment, "wrap it up and keep it elevated, we'll deal with it when the weather clears" feels like the obvious option, and the safest for everyone involved
It was dumb. Why try to park a 300 ft ship in the middle of the ocean in stormy conditions? They dont evwn do that at a port by land. Also they dont have any life boats that they could've sent? Why risk 300 ft ship when we can send multiple life boat attempts
I’m still stuck on “if you bump the corner of this platform with hundreds of people on it, it explodes” - like yes, they were risking collision, but collision at low speed doesn’t have to be catastrophic and I’m guessing maybe they were trying to save the fingers which is time critical? Too big a risk, in hindsight, obviously. But when they were doing the calculations were they weighing the risk of “ships may be forced together by waves and take damage, could be expensive” or did they realize “ships may turn into instant fireball”?
It wasn’t even two fingers only two fingertips. The injury can be treated on location? YES It’s life threatening, might be contagious or spread uncontrollably? NO Weather is too dangerous for the helo? YES Sea conditions are terrible and rescue by sea can’t be done safely? YES If the first question has yes as answer all the others questions for different opinions are not to made. Clean the injury stop the bleeding and apply whatever first aid kit tool is more appropriate. For a minimum injury they have overdone like it was a life threatening situation with multiple people injured or possible casualties.
Gosh Paul, your stories take my breath away everytime. I'm sorry for the lives lost but I'm so glad the saturated divers were fine. Another great video, you do a great job every time. Take care 😉👍 I'll never go on the water because of your stories 😅😂
@@waterlinestories We went on a Disney Cruise and my youngest daughter, only 7 at the time, expressed some concerns about the ship sinking. I, of course, told her it was perfectly safe and that we were in no danger. About a year later, the Costa Concordia disaster happened. Naturally my daughter brought up about how I had said how safe cruise ships were. I guess I should have mentioned at the time of the cruise that it’s perfectly safe but there’s always a risk of something happening. Anyway, I asked her if she had a good time on our cruise and of course, she did. She even went on another one after graduation.
It's ironic twist that a ship named Suraksha, which sounds like like fiery hot sauce Sriracha, ignited the conflagration. Maybe a more thoughtful risk assessment could have been done before placing the ship and crews in such a dangerous position in such unfavorable conditions. Wonder what the captain said; Oops my bad, I didn't notice that virtually everything in sight can crush, burn, drown or explode.
All that because the cook cut off two fingertips. Bandage that sucker up and suck it up until they can safely get him seen to. I can't believe these people went through all they did just because a cook was distracted or going at a speed that he couldn't control. This is one of those really pisses you off situations. I don't mean to sound cruel but his fingers just wasn't worth all the lives it that were taken. They need a person qualified to sew people up and tend to other things that doesn't require emergency treatment. I know he could've held on until he could have gotten treatment for his wounds. He wasn't shot. The captain put everyone else in mortal danger because of two fingertips. Seriously?! I saw my best friend cut off half of her little finger at a furniture factory we worked at on a saw that was just scary. Thats something ill never forget. I know women dont receive as much as men in compensation for their fingers. It's okay for us to work like a man but our hands aren't as valuable. A man with the same injury would have received $5,000. A woman receives $3,500. To the first knuckle and the amount doubles per loss of finger to each knuckle. A thumb wont double, only one joint. And a valuable digit for human to have. Not money wise but being able to do a friggin thing with no thumb.
Each time I get that chance to catch up on the last few videos, I expect (and hope) to see the subscriber count getting closer and close to that 1M mark! I'm surprised you haven't already gotten there - there's a consist look and feel and the quality is continually improving.
Not a good captain. He underestimated the situation and misjudged the ability of his ship in the stormy sea with defective equipment. He risked so many lives for the price of two fingertips!
It's amazing how deranged some parts of various societies become in high stress situations especially when it pertains to just one injured person. I lived in Mumbai for awile and I can tell you they are a very subservient society with alot of internal squabbles about who is better then who. The government is also a very corrupt tiered class system and it doesnt surprise me at all they had no standards or a governing body. I would also go so far as to say I'd bet even today it is a very self serving governing body.
Never, ever prioritize a single injury above the safety of all. The Capitan acted like the cook was his only child. While admirable in most situations when in control of the destiny of many in a potentially deadly situation it's the exact opposite of what is necessary.
No oversight body yet India continues to scream scandal over the appalling Bhopal disaster. Don’t forget that it was at least a decade before this disaster happened and need I say more. If we don’t learn from our history then our lives are a mystery and we are far better than this. 🙏
It's interesting that the captain of the MSV wasn't held responsible. He made a terrible, terrible decision. It's too bad the crew didn't have a better understanding of what constitutes a medical emergency. Presumably the tips of the fingers couldn't be reattached, so the only thing to be done was to sew up the wounds and this is not something that is a dire emergency. Dressing the fingers in bandages would allow treatment to wait for a few days at least.
Wow a real no win scenario for that captain. I think he did make a mistake endangering his ship and crew for on crew man, but who is to say what any of us would have done.
This problem could have been prevented if they had more advanced medical facilities on board so that they could treat his hand there even in bad weather.
I'm amazed that in probably one of the most dangerous industries, there was no regulatory body. Did anybody go to gaol for negligence? Surely there should have been more than one doctor available? Why was the duty medic not available? If there had been a medic on call to look after the chef, this incident would not have occurred. My condolences to the families of those who died following this tragic avoidable accident.
Thanks for this bit of neglected history. I'd never heard of this incident, though I really should have along with Piper Alpha and others. Hadn't even realised there wasn't an Indian regulatory body till 2008, that's wild. Also: terrifying how quickly an accident can escalate into a disaster offshore. Sounds like everyone involved reacted professionally, though, so that things didn't become even worse...
Chopper platform operations are limited in rough weather due to the problems associated with search and rescue, if the chopper has to ditch. Flying and landing is not such a massive issue during rough weather. Choppers are used for search and rescue in almost any weather and sea conditions.
Great account of the incident which by all accounts could have been avoided if they had a suitably trained doctor with some surgical skills aboard. Amazing how simple incidents compound to make a disaster. Analysis like your channel are very necessary for historical recording and training purposes.
I think there are what we could call "tubes" with a drill in them, extracting oil from down under the sea bed, in this case they said they were 12km. deep (10:35). When they ruptured it with their ship, gas and oil started spraying upwards to, I suppose flames of at least 10 meters high. Given the amount of gas this probably lasted a long time, enough for the fire to eventually find flammable components of the ship and the platform. The oil probably also accumulated on the ship and platform, basically just waiting to be ignited. But yeah I thought that too.
@@ritishify the twin towers were full of fuel and soaked with jet fuel. The element nobody talks about is the draft effect. Once you have a raging fire you have heat rising. You a draft at the bottom where air has to rush in and replace what's drawn upward by the heat draft. That inrush of air creates a furnace effect and amplifies the rate the fuel is consumed and increases the heat in the fire. Fire can weaken steel beams if it's hot enough. The furnace effect is how heat is heated for forging red hot.
@@truescotsman4103 It's true that I hadn't given that aspect too much of a thought but it makes sense, I know other details about the specific structure that made it possible for the towers to collapse like that. Also taking into account how big a plane actually is, and the speed at which it flies, it's no surprise, really. Unfortunately we now have evidence of what could happen... So creepy and sad what some humans are capable of. I guess these are good opportunities to learn some things, at least.
You dont need anywhere near melting point to cause a structural collapse. Fire can melt steel under the right conditions. Draft, size, and energetic combustible materials are factors. Remember that smelting metals down is basically just a fire melting metal (nowadays other methods are sometimes used such as electric arc furnaces, but fire providing the heat is still used for steel). Thats what a blast furnace is for. Proper fuel allows for much higher temperatures. Oil burning increases temperature much more than paper or wood. Additionally, you dont need to melt metal to collapse a structure. Metals behave more softly the hotter it is. By warming up a metal, it takes significantly less force to bend or buckle the metal. Several hundreds of degrees above room tempera, steel will be much weaker than normally is, and so it will not be able to support the weight of the structure.
Another claim I paid when I was a Lloyd's claims adjuster the cook was like a cat with nine lives he jumped from the crane basket he could not swim tried to adjust his life jacket this came off he found a log it was a long time ago but I think it might have been two days before he was found, thank you for the video
This may sound harsh but the captain of that ship should have told the chef to suck it up until they could have safely transferred him to get medical care. 2 finger tips for 22 lives is unacceptable.
There's an old saying, don't piss off the people who are making something that you are going to put in your mouth. That's why I'm especially courteous and kind to the people who work in fast food restaurants. Yes ma'am! yes sir! Thank you ma'am! Yes that will be fine, ma'am!
They do specifically mention that there are lifeboats. However, because of the speed of the fire there's not enough time to launch the lifeboats. Or, on some of the other rigs there's not enough time to fully launch the complete amount of everything that's available for removing the workers.
What happened to the captain? He should not have positioned his vessel in such a way especially given the weather and currents. What happened to him? Was he sacked? Arrested? What? Cutting off two fingers definitely needs medical help but with a tourniquet and elevation it is not immediately life threatening and can wait. What was the captain thinking?
As a diver, I am relieved to learn that all the sat divers survived the horrific incident. They were trapped and helpless. I dread to think what they were going through. RIP those rig workers who perished before help arrived.
When he explained about increasing the pressure so the sat divers could go down with the ship and hope for later rescue I gasped out loud in horror. That is nightmare!
I was under the impression that all diving vessels had to have lifeboats that were sat
@@shnboardman1 their sat life boat burned down in the fire
The idea of being in a chamber on a sinking platform, being unable to simply open the hatch. Having to increase the chamber pressure because that is how you predict you could be rescued, from the sea floor. Nightmare fuel.
That was terrifying.
I think one of the worst part of it all is that it started because the captain cared about the well being of a crew member. Time and again we see the result of callous disregard for the others - this time it was the opposite.
You never put one sailor's life ahead of all the rest by compromising safety. Ripley knew this in Alien, and that's why she didn't want to let Kane on board when they came back with the facehugger. : )
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017Sometimes doing exactly that is what gives us our humanity.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Lol great example😅
Two fingers? A chef on a ship is a bad idea. Surely there are good prepared, frozen meals.
@@iladallas1834 LOL
I've never considered the possibility of the ship carrying a pressurized saturation diver team sinking, let alone catching fire. Can't even fathom how uniquely terrifying it must have been knowing that will die in agony if you try to escape the chamber, and could wind up trapped in a shipwreck on the bottom of the ocean OR cooked alive if you stay inside. And not to mention what the operators must have felt having to abandon those divers on a burning ship. Brutal
How bout the crane operator being cooked.....that must've been horrific
not sure why you'd think ships with dive teams can't catch fire or sink..........
That’s a lot all at once for one or a few people to decide. I have never thought about all of that either. I don’t do that kind of work, but I have watched a lot of videos from how platforms are built to problems that develop. Very compartmentalized decisions to be made at any given moment.
@@seanowens3153a lot of reasons not to think about it. Especially if it’s not what you do for work. Not sure why you’re seemingly talking down to someone about it?
The chef knew they'd done something wrong, but couldn't quite put their finger on it.
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>Groan< Take this like and see yourself out.
Take this like and see yourself out.
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At sea a small problem can quickly escalate to a massive problem..
"For want of a nail, the shoe was lost;
For want of a shoe, the horse was lost;
For want of a horse, the rider was lost;
For want of a rider, the battle was lost;
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail"
The lack of maintenence on the leeward crane, and the automatic thruster problem aboard the support ship caused the catastrophe, not the cook's severed fingers.
u can't trust mans greed with shit. Weather its government greed or corporate greed, humanity is a joke! Can't trust nobody!
A good observation but I bet the cook will be feeling guilty for the rest of his days ..
The outcome is a tragedy, but I find their determination to aid inspiring.. especially in a region not known for industrial safety. The divers' experience is seriously harrowing.
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@@waterlinestories yes they are india my dear. i proud four all humanitarians make convenience and pray four vishnu make xcelent compensashin.
@@RanjakarPatelbro wat the fuck you saying
@@RanjakarPatel what are you talking about chacha. There's an extreme lack of safety regulations and enforcement in our country
Every time they mention the support vessel I keep picturing a giant floating bottle of Sriracha.
This is why it's so important to always recognize and assess risks with the utmost of caution. The chef would have lived with proper first aid to his fingers and could've waited a number of hours to get more thorough medical care. I appreciate the captain's desire to see his man taken care of, but he's panicking because of the blood and not taking the time to do it safely.
It's mind-boggling how many people survived.
This could have been so much worse. So, so much worse. Those divers in particular got lucky, saved from one of the most gruesome deaths.
Criminally underrated channel! You do an excellent job explaining everything and the editing is very smooth.
Great story telling. Thank you 😊
@Tubester-17 👍🏻
Criminally? Is not a true crime channel
The clickbait titles are annoying but the stories usually are good.
He’s grown a tonne and a relatively new channel anyway
Absolutely terrifying for those on board. Great job covering it, as always.
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Those poor eleven men lost at sea must have endured complete despair at having been effectively abandoned after they were forced to jump from the burning structure and ship!
They went from their normal work day to a lonely death at sea...
lost at sea just means they weren't accounted for.. They could've died in the explosions or those that jumped without lifejackets likely would've drowned almost immediately.
Given how appalling the weather was, and the fact that so many people had to bail into the ocean without time for lifeboats, rafts, or even LIFEJACKETS, I am surprised that the death toll was only 22, when there were over 200 people involved. That’s an incredible rescue effort. It could so easily have been even more tragic.
Learning to read is important. At first glance I thought it said Chef served fingers and kills 22 Men.
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Same! I read it as that and was confused
@@Catladybug😅 Yeah, it happened to me too. Read it to fast I suppose
Captain Birdseye with his fish fingers.. poor hygiene
Fingers CAN kill… Ever heard of the five fingers of death MRE(Meals ready to eat)?
The scale and severity of this disaster is terrifying but the rescue response comes across as extraordinarily competent and commendable. All of the details mentioned point to this.
I love the titles on your videos. The chain of events leading to a disaster is always fascinating. And holy crap, being a saturation diver stuck in a decompression chamber at this time is nightmare fuel.
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It’s amazing so many people survived and the rescue effort is to be admired. If only all of those efforts were this successful. RIP to all of those who lost their lives.
"Never get off the boat!"
~Chef, 1969
"So um, is dinner still going to be ready?"
"There's fingertips in my food"
"Use a fork and there won't be."
"Just look out for mumbwana's fingers, he'd like to get them put back on or atleast put them in a jar"
From the title I couldn't relate how the chef could have killed 22 people other than food poisoning
But this escalated very quickly
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Imagine how that cook feels after it was all done.
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The guilt would be insane
Propably "well done"?
seriously, that was my thought >.
@Kremit_the_Frog, I see what you did there. 😂
22 people passed away because nobody wanted to eat finger food dishes.
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Bravo to the rescue crews and xtaff!
RIP for those poor soles that were lost.
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1:19 The glowing traffic mast. That's the first I've seen.
Chef cooked so hard the entire ship sank
By the title i thought that the cooks finger would end up in some of the equipment causing a disaster.
You just never know about India.....
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For real, I thought it was something like "chef jams hand in critical safety valve/door, mayhem ensues."
DannyWildmon: remember, russia was involved, in making $$ off that operation, safety not a concern. 😖
Jesus, the full two minutes in the middle of the captain trying to make sure that chef got medical care and literally everyone being unhelpful 😅
I absolutely love the in depth breakdowns in your videos. So many other channels just gloss over the details.
why i love your channel: well researched great narration wout drama, and give brutal, but honest facts..ty..
As a sailor and history buff, I appreciate your thorough details with helpful graphics. And I'm glad you don't resort to the dramatic language and music that some other channels use. So this particular title makes it sound like the blame is on the chef. And while that was a vad accident, the weather did play a huge role. Like a series of falling dominoes. Keep up the great work.
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Like all disasters.
Remove one variable and said accident/disaster never happens.
The cook was just the poor unfortunate catalyst to the situation that unfolded. Not necessarily to blame.
The captain played the biggest role in this disaster. Why he manoeuvred his ship in such dangerous conditions when he knew how close he was to the platform is the reason this happened. Even if his intentions with the cook were good, the fact is he took ridiculous risks for a non life threatening injury.
The thumbnail to end all thumbnails
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You are incredibly thorough! I appreciate your accuracy and professional manner 😃
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I’m informed now. Incredible explanation and graphics as always. Thank you for your efforts
I love your videos. Great delivery, great research. Been watching for a year or two now
Not to marginalize losing a couple fingertips, but given the circumstances (and doing my best to ignore the benefit of hindsight) it seemed like an insane amount of risk to evacuate the cook. In the military the highest priority for evacuation is life, limb, or eyesight: if any of those are at risk, more risks will indeed be taken to get somebody to medical care. Short of that, they might have to just suck it up for a while.
exactly! I'm about halfway in, and it's like the slices of swiss cheese are lining up in slowmo over an injury that's pretty treatable without specialized equipment or training. I feel like there's got to be more to it than "the tips of two fingers", because in those weather conditions, with all the damaged equipment, "wrap it up and keep it elevated, we'll deal with it when the weather clears" feels like the obvious option, and the safest for everyone involved
It was dumb. Why try to park a 300 ft ship in the middle of the ocean in stormy conditions?
They dont evwn do that at a port by land. Also they dont have any life boats that they could've sent? Why risk 300 ft ship when we can send multiple life boat attempts
I’m still stuck on “if you bump the corner of this platform with hundreds of people on it, it explodes” - like yes, they were risking collision, but collision at low speed doesn’t have to be catastrophic and I’m guessing maybe they were trying to save the fingers which is time critical? Too big a risk, in hindsight, obviously. But when they were doing the calculations were they weighing the risk of “ships may be forced together by waves and take damage, could be expensive” or did they realize “ships may turn into instant fireball”?
It wasn’t even two fingers only two fingertips.
The injury can be treated on location? YES
It’s life threatening, might be contagious or spread uncontrollably? NO
Weather is too dangerous for the helo? YES
Sea conditions are terrible and rescue by sea can’t be done safely? YES
If the first question has yes as answer all the others questions for different opinions are not to made. Clean the injury stop the bleeding and apply whatever first aid kit tool is more appropriate.
For a minimum injury they have overdone like it was a life threatening situation with multiple people injured or possible casualties.
@@bookcat123 its an oil rig, if you bump into *any* part of it it might explode 😅
Fun Fact: Sodalime aka Sodasorb is used regularly in anaesthesia machines to absorb the CO2 produced by patients under general anaesthesia.
Horrific story, wonderful delivery, thank you.
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6:30 "Attempts to increase output. " buckle in thats where it always starts.
Gosh Paul, your stories take my breath away everytime. I'm sorry for the lives lost but I'm so glad the saturated divers were fine. Another great video, you do a great job every time. Take care 😉👍 I'll never go on the water because of your stories 😅😂
😀 thanks Beverly. Although I do encourage everyone to get on the water 👌🏻
@@waterlinestories We went on a Disney Cruise and my youngest daughter, only 7 at the time, expressed some concerns about the ship sinking. I, of course, told her it was perfectly safe and that we were in no danger. About a year later, the Costa Concordia disaster happened. Naturally my daughter brought up about how I had said how safe cruise ships were. I guess I should have mentioned at the time of the cruise that it’s perfectly safe but there’s always a risk of something happening. Anyway, I asked her if she had a good time on our cruise and of course, she did. She even went on another one after graduation.
@mako88sb that’s the way to build trust with your children. 🤣
This whole thing was a massive cluster F.
Honestly only 22 casualties is impressive as hell. Disasters here off Northern Canada and in the Northern Sea are way more fatal
Well made videos, great narration. Explained in a way that a person like myself with no nautical experience can understand. Love the videos, thanks!
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You said Mumbai so much I got my first Hindi language ad from youtube!
It's ironic twist that a ship named Suraksha, which sounds like like fiery hot sauce Sriracha, ignited the conflagration. Maybe a more thoughtful risk assessment could have been done before placing the ship and crews in such a dangerous position in such unfavorable conditions. Wonder what the captain said; Oops my bad, I didn't notice that virtually everything in sight can crush, burn, drown or explode.
All that because the cook cut off two fingertips. Bandage that sucker up and suck it up until they can safely get him seen to. I can't believe these people went through all they did just because a cook was distracted or going at a speed that he couldn't control. This is one of those really pisses you off situations. I don't mean to sound cruel but his fingers just wasn't worth all the lives it that were taken. They need a person qualified to sew people up and tend to other things that doesn't require emergency treatment. I know he could've held on until he could have gotten treatment for his wounds. He wasn't shot. The captain put everyone else in mortal danger because of two fingertips. Seriously?! I saw my best friend cut off half of her little finger at a furniture factory we worked at on a saw that was just scary. Thats something ill never forget. I know women dont receive as much as men in compensation for their fingers. It's okay for us to work like a man but our hands aren't as valuable. A man with the same injury would have received $5,000. A woman receives $3,500. To the first knuckle and the amount doubles per loss of finger to each knuckle. A thumb wont double, only one joint. And a valuable digit for human to have. Not money wise but being able to do a friggin thing with no thumb.
As always a well researched presentation. You deserve many, many more subscribers.
Each time I get that chance to catch up on the last few videos, I expect (and hope) to see the subscriber count getting closer and close to that 1M mark! I'm surprised you haven't already gotten there - there's a consist look and feel and the quality is continually improving.
What an absolute shitshow, and just because someone cared about getting good food. Wow. I never heard of this one before: thankyou!
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Not a good captain. He underestimated the situation and misjudged the ability of his ship in the stormy sea with defective equipment. He risked so many lives for the price of two fingertips!
I haven't heard of this disaster before. Great video!!
The doctor wasn’t available!!!! ….. wtf.. had he gone for a walk
Excellent story telling. Well researched, excellent narration, no AI generated voices here 👏👏👏
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Excellent video. I hadn't even heard of this.
Your titles never disappoint.
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i first read it as 'chef serves fingers...)
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What… shut up
It should of read "Ship's Master takes unnecessary risks & kills 22 men"
They had a problem pointing to the exact problem
That escalated quickly....
But did they save the fingers of the cook?
In the subsequent investigation they ran into other issues when the cook wasn’t able to finger the responsible people.
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It's amazing how deranged some parts of various societies become in high stress situations especially when it pertains to just one injured person. I lived in Mumbai for awile and I can tell you they are a very subservient society with alot of internal squabbles about who is better then who. The government is also a very corrupt tiered class system and it doesnt surprise me at all they had no standards or a governing body. I would also go so far as to say I'd bet even today it is a very self serving governing body.
Never, ever prioritize a single injury above the safety of all.
The Capitan acted like the cook was his only child.
While admirable in most situations when in control of the destiny of many in a potentially deadly situation it's the exact opposite of what is necessary.
No oversight body yet India continues to scream scandal over the appalling Bhopal disaster. Don’t forget that it was at least a decade before this disaster happened and need I say more. If we don’t learn from our history then our lives are a mystery and we are far better than this. 🙏
Amazing story! Thank you!
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For not having a governing party for offshore rigs, I must say it must be one of the catastrophes with the least amount of deaths for being in India.
Excellent video I have never heard of this before
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It's interesting that the captain of the MSV wasn't held responsible. He made a terrible, terrible decision. It's too bad the crew didn't have a better understanding of what constitutes a medical emergency. Presumably the tips of the fingers couldn't be reattached, so the only thing to be done was to sew up the wounds and this is not something that is a dire emergency. Dressing the fingers in bandages would allow treatment to wait for a few days at least.
Considering that the only rules and regulations were set by the operators themselves this was a remarkably non-fatal accident.
new waterline!!!!
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Wow a real no win scenario for that captain. I think he did make a mistake endangering his ship and crew for on crew man, but who is to say what any of us would have done.
Dont point the finger at the cook!
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Legend has it that the chef's special sauce was finger licking good.
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This problem could have been prevented if they had more advanced medical facilities on board so that they could treat his hand there even in bad weather.
I had never heard of this
Thank you
Yet another environmental disaster. 💔
I'm amazed that in probably one of the most dangerous industries, there was no regulatory body. Did anybody go to gaol for negligence? Surely there should have been more than one doctor available? Why was the duty medic not available? If there had been a medic on call to look after the chef, this incident would not have occurred. My condolences to the families of those who died following this tragic avoidable accident.
India is pretty notorious for lax rules and regulations that often result in death.
Thanks for this bit of neglected history. I'd never heard of this incident, though I really should have along with Piper Alpha and others.
Hadn't even realised there wasn't an Indian regulatory body till 2008, that's wild.
Also: terrifying how quickly an accident can escalate into a disaster offshore. Sounds like everyone involved reacted professionally, though, so that things didn't become even worse...
That said, surely it must be possible to design some of these cstastrophic engineering failures out of the system...?
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Where did you get all those 3d animated shorts? This is definitely fancy
Such a crazy chain of events
Wow, what a terrible chain of events.
I'm so glad I'm a sub to this awesome channel.
Any news of what happened to the two fingers?
Chopper platform operations are limited in rough weather due to the problems associated with search and rescue, if the chopper has to ditch.
Flying and landing is not such a massive issue during rough weather.
Choppers are used for search and rescue in almost any weather and sea conditions.
It had nothing to do with this chef and everything to do with poor risk management.
My dad about cut his thumb off on an offshore oil rig and he had to wait two days because of weather in order to get it checked out.
Great account of the incident which by all accounts could have been avoided if they had a suitably trained doctor with some surgical skills aboard. Amazing how simple incidents compound to make a disaster. Analysis like your channel are very necessary for historical recording and training purposes.
Lost at sea had to be terrifying for those 11
what happened to the captain was he charged?
I thought fires didn't compromise steel structures?
I think there are what we could call "tubes" with a drill in them, extracting oil from down under the sea bed, in this case they said they were 12km. deep (10:35). When they ruptured it with their ship, gas and oil started spraying upwards to, I suppose flames of at least 10 meters high. Given the amount of gas this probably lasted a long time, enough for the fire to eventually find flammable components of the ship and the platform. The oil probably also accumulated on the ship and platform, basically just waiting to be ignited. But yeah I thought that too.
@@ritishify the twin towers were full of fuel and soaked with jet fuel. The element nobody talks about is the draft effect. Once you have a raging fire you have heat rising. You a draft at the bottom where air has to rush in and replace what's drawn upward by the heat draft. That inrush of air creates a furnace effect and amplifies the rate the fuel is consumed and increases the heat in the fire. Fire can weaken steel beams if it's hot enough. The furnace effect is how heat is heated for forging red hot.
@@truescotsman4103 It's true that I hadn't given that aspect too much of a thought but it makes sense, I know other details about the specific structure that made it possible for the towers to collapse like that. Also taking into account how big a plane actually is, and the speed at which it flies, it's no surprise, really. Unfortunately we now have evidence of what could happen... So creepy and sad what some humans are capable of. I guess these are good opportunities to learn some things, at least.
@@truescotsman4103Urban Moving Systems agrees
You dont need anywhere near melting point to cause a structural collapse.
Fire can melt steel under the right conditions. Draft, size, and energetic combustible materials are factors.
Remember that smelting metals down is basically just a fire melting metal (nowadays other methods are sometimes used such as electric arc furnaces, but fire providing the heat is still used for steel). Thats what a blast furnace is for.
Proper fuel allows for much higher temperatures. Oil burning increases temperature much more than paper or wood.
Additionally, you dont need to melt metal to collapse a structure. Metals behave more softly the hotter it is. By warming up a metal, it takes significantly less force to bend or buckle the metal. Several hundreds of degrees above room tempera, steel will be much weaker than normally is, and so it will not be able to support the weight of the structure.
Another claim I paid when I was a Lloyd's claims adjuster the cook was like a cat with nine lives he jumped from the crane basket he could not swim tried to adjust his life jacket this came off he found a log it was a long time ago but I think it might have been two days before he was found, thank you for the video
Geez. What other claims have you settled that you can tell us about? 😀
Dam. Talk about somebody giving people the finger.
Two fingertips against 22 dead and a multi-million disaster. Find the mistake.
Wow, that escalated quickly...
They had a technical problem and called their Indian support team and it went pear shaped from there? Sounds like my typical working day!
they called it Sriracha? And were then surprised when it got hot & spicy? BTW, the graphics are next level. Kudos.
cascading problems, errors, and failures resulting in a horrific disaster of epic proportions.
That there's a worthy spooktober title
I misread the title as ‘Chef served fingers’ and was very confused for the first few minutes.
This may sound harsh but the captain of that ship should have told the chef to suck it up until they could have safely transferred him to get medical care. 2 finger tips for 22 lives is unacceptable.
There's an old saying, don't piss off the people who are making something that you are going to put in your mouth. That's why I'm especially courteous and kind to the people who work in fast food restaurants. Yes ma'am! yes sir! Thank you ma'am! Yes that will be fine, ma'am!
4:30 Incredible technology
There warent any life boats or boats they could've used? None of these platforms had an extra boat? Why risk a 300 ft ship?!
Russia/India collaboration, go figure.
They do specifically mention that there are lifeboats. However, because of the speed of the fire there's not enough time to launch the lifeboats. Or, on some of the other rigs there's not enough time to fully launch the complete amount of everything that's available for removing the workers.
What happened to the captain? He should not have positioned his vessel in such a way especially given the weather and currents. What happened to him? Was he sacked? Arrested? What? Cutting off two fingers definitely needs medical help but with a tourniquet and elevation it is not immediately life threatening and can wait. What was the captain thinking?
Do you think there is a dedicated pooping platform. On the rig.
Yeah it's the main thoroughfare, obviously.