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SpacemanSpiff

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I am going to assume you are showing the ship has lights and therefore "did not lose power"?
It was simply the first pic I had found of the ship itself.

If I am not mistaken I believe some ships have a separate emergency generator in the event of main engine failure.
 

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It was simply the first pic I had found of the ship itself.

If I am not mistaken I believe some ships have a separate emergency generator in the event of main engine failure.
Ah, ok.

I was going to say they either restored power or have an APU for systems like this.

Here is the video that still was taken from.


And I thought this comment and the previous video was a bit comical given the nature of this forum.
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Super tragic. They lost power. Full reverse smoke coming out of stack. A ship that big you can't stop. I bet they find out error by crew (intentional?, maybe), not pilot. But something crew error down in the engine room or electrical room


I wonder if the captain was a DEI hire? Or how many of the crew were DEI hires?
 

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May have had better results not dropping anchor and reversing... that I understands would pivot the ship .. if they had rudder control that may have been able to coast under

We will certainly learn more soon ..
 

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