The Navy's investigation found that both collisions were avoidable accidents. And in the case of the USS McCain, the accident was in part caused by an error made in switching which control console on the ship's bridge had steering control
So, basically this was a reprise of the AF 447 crash at sea, where lack of clear command authority combined with a maddeningly poorly-thought-out UI resulted in a serious accident with loss of life.
At least they didn't have genuine malfunctioning hardware on top of everything else, the way the Air France crew did. They just thought they had a malfunction.
So, basically this was a reprise of the AF 447 crash at sea, where lack of clear command authority combined with a maddeningly poorly-thought-out UI resulted in a serious accident with loss of life.
At least they didn't have genuine malfunctioning hardware on top of everything else, the way the Air France crew did. They just thought they had a malfunction.