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Containers fall from the deck of the damaged cargo ship MSC Chitra in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, India on Monday, Aug. 9. A defense ministry spokesman said the Indian Coast Guard was trying to contain oil from the badly-listing ship that collided with another vessel. Some 200 containers fell from the ship.
Indranil Mukherjee / AFP-Getty Images
Cargo containers float away from the damaged cargo ship as the badly-listing container ship sinks in the Arabian Sea on Monday, Aug. 9.
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Radar, GPS, Night Vision and hopefully someone awake. How is this possible??
I agree totally. These ships are HUGE! How can you possibly not realize that another one is near you? Some ship captains are going to be in BIG trouble.
Those pesky Somali pirates maybe??
More likely incompetence, unfortunately. Probably something that could have been prevented, with a little more attention to detail.
Wow, just the thought of it gives me chills. I can't imagine all the stuff that just ended up in the ocean. I hope no one was truly hurt.
Relax, Carrie, that ship was loaded with the little red dots that go between the eyes of the people of India. It is bad that the people of India will have to go redspotless for a few weeks. That ship's cargo in the ocean is the equivilent of passing gas in a tornado. To go into fits everytime a ship sinks seems to be really silly.
What a weak minded, insulting, arrogant A**hole you are. You quite evidently cannot be a for-real person. To insult a person just because you yourself do not follow or believe in their customs is just plain old ignorant. The world is made up of thousands of diverse nationalities that all have different customs that they follow. For anyone that this idiot has insulted, I apologize, because they won't. One Planet, One People.
As for the cargo of the ship; you couldn't be more wrong. There are several chemicals that do exist that if I would spill one quart of it (32 measly ounces) within, lets say 15-miles from your house, you would become violently ill and start puking your guts out. One of my favorites to use to prove my point is found in the Merck Manual (listed under chemical compositions). In a structure the size of the Astrodome, with circulation fans running, one or two drops placed at center field on the 50, will cause a reaction to a person sitting at the farthest reach in the dome within seconds (as soon as the air movement can deliver it to them).
Almost Forgot --- The quart of liquid would be poured into a baking dish so there would be surface area for the breeze to pick up the vapors and so that the liquid does not just penetrate the ground.
i wonder if this was taking goods (or american jobs) to india, or just goods from india comming to America. inquiring minds want to know.
Why does it have to have something to do with America?
If you don't know the answer to that, you've been living in a cave for the last few years.
It was a shipping accident for God's sake! It's not a political or societal issue. Shipping accidents have been taking place since man invented boats thousands of years ago - long before there was an America. Geeez Loueeeze, can't you people just take things for what they are and leave your politics at home ??
Excuse me, this was not an accident, but a careless mistake. An accident is something you can't avoid and clearly this was something that could have been avoided, just like the election of Obama Hood and his merry men.
Well said FRS
Weiser, your way off base.
1. An accident is "...an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally..."
2. No one here cares about your political views of Obama, or anything else. Try to stay on topic, and maybe take a vocabulary lesson.
Weiser --- I'm not a fan of Obama either BUT, like ppl are saying here...this is NOT a political issue.
How do you know that this could have been avoided? I've been aboard ships larger than this one and rouge waves threw us into a 30-degree pitch.
On a funny side...do you think that maybe they were insured under Allstate's Accident Forgivness Program?
I'd hate to be the insurance reps for THOSE claims...
Sh@#$% ! My Porsche was in that container, i suppose I'm not going to get it by friday :)-
I don't think the Arabian Sea is the body of water German cars have to cross on a ship to get to the USA. :O
Do not worry about your Porsch, the factory outside of Moscow shut down because of the air pollution.
Jed, maybe Somalian pirates will get your Porsche.
yeh, lets hope those countainers are full of sponges. might help with that oil spill if they drift far enough..lol
LOL, really???
I hope they have Geico...
Not Bushes fault but emblematic of the Bush economy, sinking fast with vast government bailouts of greedy banking sector in place when inherited and won't be fixed quickly -- obviously.
Economy probably headed in right direction (at least a better direction) but damage from 8 years of Republican rule won't be fixed overnight.
You need a lesson in math.... democrats have controlled congress sonce 2006.. not saying republicans didn't deserve to get their a--es kicked but get the story straight.. and debt from this congress has risen three fold.. they now deserve to get their a--es kicked out
You don't know much about politics or economics. Until you do, please STFU! You partisan hacks are ruining intelligent conversation.
How can you say Republican rule when the Dumbocrats were the majority in BOTH the House and Senate?
@ Cameron Yeah it was all the greedy banks fault for trying to make money, Greedy financially retarded borrowers didnt have any blame in getting more house then they could afford, I mean seriously who actually goes by a budget so they will know how much they can afford each month for rent.
Its not like people would look to see what the mortgage payment would be when the rate reset and determine if they could afford it.
Yeah its all the banks fault and not govts for forcing banks to lend to lower income families regardless if they could afford it.
After all its the Banks job to make sure that borrowers have financial responsibility.
(dont pick and choose who is at fault it took a number of factors to screw out economy it wasnt just the banks)
Bush vetoed anything the dems sent him from 2006 to 2008.
@starbuck49 - Who cares? It's history now. Move on and get a life........
Lindav- You are wrong. They did NOT have control of both houses, They only controlled the House of Representatives. More neo-con revisionist history at work.
CameronDM,
I understand that Obama, Pelosi & Reid are quickly drafting up legislation to make it illegal for two ships to collide in the ocean as we speak. Of course it will be necessary to raise the taxes on the wealthy to cover the costs for Greenpeace to patrol the oceans. The world will be safer any moment now.
just think of all the oil that could be saved if we just made this stuff here and sold it here or maybe it would be they made it there and they buy it there.
Can I be on the new Obama commission to outlaw all shipwrecks. And who said Bush vetoed the dem bills 2006-2008? That is the problem, Bush did not veto what he should have vetoed in the dem's spending bills. Bush practically never used the veto the whole eight yearsof his administration.
Good grief!!! This is about a sinking ship not Bush, Obama, Pelosi or Reid! Can you people not drag the political BS into every comment about anything? I feel so sorry for people who have no idea how to carry on a conversation without shoving their politics in your face. Truely . . . . get a life will you?
If I was going to build millions of something, why would I want to build it in America when I can build it somewhere else for a fraction of the cost? If I had to build in in America there are a few states not to use (like California) because the cost of building something there is so much higher than most other states. Why do you think most of the aerospace companies left California or some left the country?
Not all is lost...just get the Katrina/New Orleans looters out there to salvage the items.
Wow....really? how the fk do you think they'll get there, since its on the OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. really? I mean...did they ever show you a map when you were in school? assuming you went...just....WOW.
No $hit! You mean the world ain't done be flat?
You're a a$$hole...learn to take a joke.
Tell us one, and maybe we'll take it.
There once was a man from Nantucket ...
One of my all time favorites...along with the man from Norway.
I hope my tennis shoes I ordered on the internet aren't on the ship
Greatest... comment... ever! :-D
They aren't on the ship anymore and they aren't in a container either. Watch the news to-night and tou'll probably see them on some Arabs feet. lolololol
Now this is funny! Jim, you are a breath of fresh air!
That ship is not listing. It is capsizing.
was probably a freak wave.
A freak wave?
Didn't that usually happen when Grateful Dead fans came through town?
Isn't that when some giant lerch of a dude makes a gesture at you like he knows you?
Isn't that when you have five consecutive 100+ degree days and you start perspiring as soon as you walk out the door?
Captain Morgan Evil pirate twin Strikes again.....Got some Pirate in ya! Yarrr
Thanks Pirate C, I needed that. I'll be laughin all day now.
Just awesome. I wonder if we could spend more money ruining the environment/globe/life/everything?
yes it is
bushes fault
I'm sure the Bush Administration was behind the collision....
sit on it potsy
Looks like the cargo ship was not at fault because the anchor is down.
This could have just as easily been an oil tanker. Can't people see what is right in front of their eyes. This is unbelievable.
But it wasn't an oil tanker...can't you see it what is right in front you YOUR eyes!!
Tom, it could have been a rubber ducky too.
All that stuff on the bottom of the ocean.... funny thing is it will probably seed a reef.
what was in the cargo?
Hopefully not a bunch of illegal Chinese stowaways. Probably not, they tend to come in through Vancouver.
Cargo, Jonathan, cargo!
The economy is heading in the right direction an Bush is responsible for a sinking container ship off the coast of India. Hmmmmmm Jim Jones had a cup of Kool-Aid with your name on it.
Classic! Well played Kevin.
good grief people, read the story again...a ship collided off the coast of India in the Arabian Sea. Why are we talking about Democrats and Republicans???? All of this bashing is tearing our country apart much more than the environment is being destroyed. Why not keep comments pertinent to the story!
Wait until your great grand child get the bill for obama's socialist economy...Hope you have alot of money to give them because it's going directly to pay off the bill...oh wait...it doesn't matter how much money you have....it's all going to go for the common good anyway!