Vietnamese cargo ship smashes into riverside restaurant and houses under Bhumibol 2 bridge

[webfact]

Vietnamese cargo ship smashes into riverside restaurant and houses

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship smashed into a riverside restaurant and two houses located under the Bhumibol 2 bridge after the captain lost control of the ship while sailing in the Chao Phaya river this morning.

 

The incident happened at about 8.20 am in Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakarn province.

 

Initial report from the Marine Department said the 78.6 metres long and general cargo Vietnamese ship, Star 62, was sailing along the river to take delivery of cargoes at Bangkok Port when its power supply was unexpectedly knocked down.

 

The empty ship then floated uncontrollably downstream, and smashed into the restaurant and two other riverside houses located near the curve of the river and under the Bhumibol 2 bridge.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/vietnamese-cargo-ship-smashes-riverside-restaurant-houses/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-04-05

[colinneil]

Oops !!

[darksidedog]

Very lucky it happened early in the morning. If the restaurant had been full, it could have been a different story.

[worgeordie]

Brake failure, happens all the time.

regards worgeordie

[steven100]

those pesky Vietnamese up to no good again .....  smashing our restaurants 

[webfact]

Foreign cargo ship crashes into houses in Samut Prakan
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A Vietnamese cargo ship lost control and crashed into two houses and a restaurant on Lat Pho Canal in Samut Prakan province on Wednesday morning, police said.

 

The accident happened at 8:30 am under the Bhumibol 2 Bridge.

 

Police said the Star 62 ship suffered a power outage, causing its engines to stop working, as a result the captain lost control and it drifted into the houses and a food shop on the canal’s bank.

 

No one was injured.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30311363

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-05

[billd766]

Don't ships have anchors to drop in the water to stop them drifting?

[Halfaboy]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Don't ships have anchors to drop in the water to stop them drifting?

Yes, but it generally takes time to make them operational and these instruments will not stop the ship in one go. Just reducing the speed (slightly). 

[leeneeds]

Back up generator not working? 

[Blue bruce]

Common procedure if a ship is in a restricted area such as the river the 1 st command is drop the anchors. This happens by the heavy weight of the anchors.  No electrical power is needed.

Yes I have worked on big ships.

[mamypoko]

JC! is that a <deleted> ship coming at us?

[PremiumLane]

Bloody foreigners coming over here and crashing their ships! 

[tomta]

At least the captain did not flee the scene

 

[Bluespunk]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Foreign cargo ship crashes into houses in Samut Prakan

Bloody foreigners 

[Thongkorn]

Was the ship going down hill. 

[Golden Triangle]

Must have been raining, slippery conditions.

[whaleboneman]

10 hours ago, Halfaboy said:

Yes, but it generally takes time to make them operational and these instruments will not stop the ship in one go. Just reducing the speed (slightly). 

Release brake and let her fly - takes all of one minute and it will stop up the ship pretty quickly. Oh and they are not called "instruments".

[whaleboneman]

10 hours ago, leeneeds said:

Back up generator not working? 

I believe the ship probably lost main propulsion power (main engine). Emergency generator supplies electrical power only.

[toofarnorth]

On 4/5/2017 at 1:06 PM, worgeordie said:

Brake failure, happens all the time.

regards worgeordie

I think it was more to do with the slippery water .