And more depressing news from South Korean ferry disaster: Diver finds boy, girl drowned with life j - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Moustacheman;44643966]International Maritime Law states that no matter what, if a ship is not properly evacuated of all crew and passengers, then the captain stays on board. It doesn't matter if it's even one bloody person, if they go down with the ship, so does the captain.[/QUOTE] That's absolutely insane and not true. There is no international maritime laws requiring a captain to go down with the ship if not everyone makes it out. There isn't even any law requiring him stay on the ship. I believe it is a specific law to South Korea which makes it a illegal to depart the boat before passengers, but I am sure it doesn't mandate that the captain go down with the ship. Thats nothing but movie bs [editline]25th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Jordax;44643583]Still doesn't excuse not ordering everyone to at least evacuate to the upper deck, instead of ordering them to stay and ultimately leave over 300 passengers, mostly children to die.[/QUOTE] I am not saying he made the right choice, obliviously he didn't , but I don't think making him out to be some imbecile or monster is deserved.

The captain is at fault but he shouldn't shoulder all of the blame. Judging from the article it looks like private companies managing the ferry made alot of "mistakes" that were allowed because of corruption.

If he has ordered an evacuation, the ship didn't go down and people die from hypothermia etc people then ask why he ordered that. If he ordered people to deck there could have been injuries or other probelms. Of course it turns out ordering an evacuation was the best option but considering the enviroen he must have been in it would have been hard to make the call. Of course he is trained etc but people calling for him to 'rot' are just ridiculous. Even if he was cowardly and made a bad call, he is hardly on a level with murderers etc. Honestly I think everyone should wait for an investigation and any trial before having such extreme reactions.

Holy shit, this is beyond fucked up. So many children dead it pisses me off. Whoever told them to stay in the ship deserves to be shot in the balls once every 2 month.

[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;44645269]If he has ordered an evacuation, the ship didn't go down and people die from hypothermia etc people then ask why he ordered that. If he ordered people to deck there could have been injuries or other probelms. Of course it turns out ordering an evacuation was the best option but considering the enviroen he must have been in it would have been hard to make the call. Of course he is trained etc but people calling for him to 'rot' are just ridiculous. Even if he was cowardly and made a bad call, he is hardly on a level with murderers etc. Honestly I think everyone should wait for an investigation and any trial before having such extreme reactions.[Quote] . Only two of the vessel's 46 lifeboats were reported to have been deployed. [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27120853[/url]

[QUOTE=discofex;44645790 . Only two of the vessel's 46 lifeboats were reported to have been deployed. [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27120853[/url][/QUOTE] That may be the case, but you probably should wait until you get the full picture before making judgements.

Facepunch could start its own navy with all these armchair ship captains.

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;44643147][url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27162157[/url] Fuck[/QUOTE] Swimming into that room in near-zero visibility is pretty much the worst thing I could ever imagine.

I assume that the reason he told everyone to stay in their rooms was to avoid people spilling over the edge of the deck when it started tipping further (due to the temperature of the water), but some reports indicate that this was within sight of land and thus people that went overboard could have had enough time to make it to shore or other ships before hypothermia settled in (as opposed to being needlessly entrapped to suffer the same fate in rooms). In addition, the cause of the sinking itself was due to poorly secure freight and most likely a mechanical steering failure, when the rooms were overcrowded to begin with. This situation is just a mess of neglect in general.

[QUOTE=Tumama;44645601]Whoever told them to stay in the ship deserves to be shot in the balls once every 2 month.[/QUOTE] Interesting verdict. [editline]26th April 2014[/editline] hey I'm the page rat!