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October 12, 2004
Don't forget: Switch off autopilot!
I can really relate to this - making two dumb mistakes in succession, after years of no mistakes.
From Reuters: Autopilot Sinks Absent-Minded Skipper:
A Finnish commuter ferry captain has been suspended after crashing into a pier because he forgot to turn off the autopilot -- for the second time in three days.
The captain was given a second chance to prove his seamanship after an accident on Tuesday when two passengers and one crew member were injured after the Suomenlinna II hit the pier at its destination, an island just outside downtown Helsinki.
"He has been on this route for more than 10 years and we discussed carefully that he would be more sharp in the future. He did not manage it," Jorma Salopelto, head of Suomenlinnan Liikenne which runs the ferry, told Reuters.
Having on Thursday once again forgotten that the autopilot was engaged, the hapless skipper was unable to stop the boat from running ashore, completely demolishing the pier but without causing any personal injuries.
The ferry company said he had not been drinking on either occasion. It is not clear if or when he will return to his job.
Posted by brian_turner at October 12, 2004 09:17 PM
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