NEW ZEALAND NAVY SHIP CRASHES BECAUSE AUTOPILOT WAS TURNED ON

A New Zealand navy ship plowed into a reef off the coast of Samoa, where it caught fire and sank. This happened back in October. The crew of the ship believed it to be under manual control as it surveyed the coral reef, but it failed to respond to direction changes. The crew thought it was the result of a thruster control failure. After the crash, and the fire, all 75 people on board the vessel evacuated safely. A military Court of Inquiry released a report last Friday noting that the ship had been on autopilot and nobody noticed. The ship was one of only nine in New Zealand’s navy and was the first the country lost at sea since World War II. Said New Zealand Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Garin Golding, “This has had an impact to our reputation. We will own it, fix it and learn from it.”
* Maybe a sticky note next to the autopilot button?
* Nice try, trying to blame it on the boat, fellas.
* I didn’t know Boeing also made boats.
* Why does the New Zealand navy have glass bottom boats? So they can see the Old Zealand navy.
* They’ll figure out exactly where those coral reefs are one of these decades.