The vessel should have never left the dock. They had known power issue before sailing, and was evident in the first black out. Someone was told to STFU while CG was on board.
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Samski87718 hr ago
+85
It would have been more shocking if charges never came at all.
When a disaster kills six people, shuts down a major port and causes billions in damage, there was always going to be intense scrutiny over whether corners were cut somewhere. The bigger question now is whether this ends with meaningful accountability or just years of legal battles between companies, insurers and governments.
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Grow_away_42018 hr ago
+42
I think the biggest question is whose gonna be the fall guy. Criminal charges against a business is just going to result in fines. Maybe they'll be suspended from operating in the US.
Seems like they singled out the captain or whoever the "operator" is to do the hard time.
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vodkaismywater18 hr ago
+55
>It would have been more shocking if charges never came at all.
I guess you're not familiar with how the US justice system handles corporate crime.
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Romantic_Carjacking18 hr ago
+29
See: Boeing 737 Max
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czj42016 hr ago
+2
Kill as you wish, then pay a fine.
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Old_Goat_Cyclist15 hr ago
Y experience precisely
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mschuster9117 hr ago
+5
In the end, I think not much will come of it when it comes to criminal responsibility. The errors and mistakes that passed through the "[swiss cheese holes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model)" here are in the end pretty much irrelevant and any single one of the circumstances being different would have prevented this incident.
If anything, I hope for the maritime industry and regulatory authorities to adopt how incidents are dealt with in aviation - focused on how to prevent repeat incidents.
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