Divers off Seattle inspect grounded ferry after it loses power, runs aground
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2023
- Divers west of Seattle on Sunday began inspecting the hull of a ferry that lost power and ran aground near Bainbridge Island. Nobody was hurt when the Walla Walla ran aground in Rich Passage around 4:30 p.m. Saturday on its way from Bremerton to Seattle. A generator failure apparently played a role in the incident, affecting 596 passengers, 15 crew and 175 vehicles, according to Washington State Ferries, a division of the state Department of Transportation.
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Not a very different fleet situation with that of BCFerries (Up north a bit in Canada). The "C Class" ferries, similar to that of the MV Walla Walla are almost all in their 50's, having been built in the 70's.
Before the pandemic, BCFerries planned to actually replace these aging vessels, but it seems that since then, no true plan has been put into motion. Although these vessels (both Washington State Ferries, and BCFerries) are showing their age, It would be sad to see such an iconic design leave the west coast.
Hope the Walla Walla's accident wasn't too dramatic for those on board.
This event seems staged to get their money approved via that bill. "Lost power" means what? Did the engine seize up? I doubt it.
The difference is that the Canadians can buy ferries from anywhere at much lower prices that Seattle can, because U.S. operators are limited to buying extremely expensive U.S. constructed ships. That's why the Canadian Great Lakes fleet is much newer than the U.S. fleet (which mostly dates to before the Edmund Fitzgerald era).
"ferry's outage appears to be linked to a mechanical failure". Wow, who would have guessed that?
The wages are way too low across the board for deck and engine department for the type of work and the long hours. It's definantly not worth it for a lot of people! The ticket sellers make more than the engineers' people!.....thats not a good motivator for a lot of people to put genuine effort in theor job who work on board the ferries.
Thank you for the video.
Everything requires ongoing maintenance and preventative maintenance.
This is true. More so now than 50 years ago. For obvious reasons. Wear and tear.
Of course! But remember the theme is the older it is--the MORE maintenance you have to do compared to a younger vessel. That gold stripe on the smoke stack is a 50+ year mark.
Unless it's the actual hull that's failed vessels can be upgraded and run forever. If you don't believe me ask the Canadian navy, the joke is Canada has the largest floating museum in the world.
Does this entire segment count as a campaign contribution?
It’s not the age that did that, it’s simple poor operation and maintenance.
Too old. BS. Incompetence at all levels due to continued poor management. Accidents are going ro continue no matter how new the equipment. Change for the better will only start from the very top
Nice to know that British Columbia isn't the only one with a troubled ferry system......NOT
Queen of Cowichan and Queen of Coquitlam were launched in 1976
I remember when she was built i was 16 years old and i road on her many times
Rode not road.
@@1houndgal Well excuse the hell out of me for making a typo .your life really must suck if this is what you waste your time on
Hey , Walla Walla made it to 50 yrs. It is not such a bad design. It is old and ready to retire. A lot of problems came after revising the original system to modernize the Walla Walla. Issaquah crashed into a ferry terminal due to computer issues I seem to recall.
Bremerton is always given the worst boats. We get BIs hand me down ferries. So does SWorth ferry route.
The bext new boat should go to Bremerton but it won't. It will go to BI, Kingston or San Juan routes. Just watch...
FIX HER.
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Probably made in Scotland
,,, 😂 waiting to find out they don't require qualified mechanics to be on board all the time to save money
Being that the entire ferry program is state funded why do people in Spokane that may never in their lives use the ferrys why do they have to pay for them...
Because the ferry network is part of the Washington state highway system. Legally the ferries are highways just as all the state highways are paid for by all Washington state citizens.
Why do people in Seattle pay for roads in Spokane?
We need to import some Cubans.
If you have ever seen some of the antique cars they have to drive, all cobbled together and operating, you would see it is an Artform!!
Have you seen lots of attorneys in Cuba too that would sue if you pressed one of those art forms into public transportation service? Apples and kumquats.
Cuba's Taxi Cabs
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You do not need to apologize.
The ferries are already cobbled together, just ask any shipyarder who has ever worked on a wash state ferry.
where is money from 50 years of transporting people and vehicles? why is money taken from maintenance and by whom??!??
He is busy banning guns, who care about our safety?
All the cash, tax we are paying for ferry systems……when there be accountability from WSF?
A metaphor for the whole state under Insleezy.
Or as I like to call him - "Idiotslee."
@@Acronym6197 Looking at the smoke roiling dumpster fire that western WA has become, Idaho's starting to look pretty damn GOOD.
Thats funny a democrat saying we already have enough fairies.
just a few scratches and they refuse to fix it? Wah Wah we need a new billion dollar boat.
Not at all. They'll check to make sure not big holes or structural damage on the bottom and then assess what actually failed. And a new one is in the $120M range if they go Olympic Class....not a billion. And the Walla Walla is one of the oldest in the fleet at over 50 years old. There comes a point that it's more cost effective to go with a new one.
@@mattcwatkins You know what else carried the handle "Olympic class?" The RMS Titanic.
😂😂😂 more tax we pay
The level of government incompetence greatly and inefficiency reminding me one of ex USSR country I originally from……is no cure for this, except one fire and de found all state government of course start with our lovely life time governor jay apple maggot
give them to Ukraine