On Feb 28, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Mike Andrews wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:20:10AM -0800, virendra rode wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> On 02/27/2012 08:11 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: >>> Is anyone seeing this ? >>> >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17179544 >>> >>> "East Africa's high-speed internet access has been severely disrupted >>> after a ship dropped its anchor onto fibre-optic cables off Kenya's >>> coast." > > The ship was reported to have dropped anchor while in a restricted or > prohibited area. These areas are _EXTREMELY_ well marked on charts. I can't > see it being anything other than human or mechanical error: not checking if > the ship is in a no-anchorage area, or the anchor chain wildcat brake _and_ > the anchor chain blocking device fail simultaneously, or watch officer > totally mistakes the ship's location and orders the anchor to be let go. > > -- > Mike Andrews, W5EGO > mi...@mikea.ath.cx > Tired old sysadmin >
One more option: engine or steering failure making dropping the hook an urgent necessity. What are the chances you'd hit a fiber-optic cable. ; - ) Greg
