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Old 5 Jan 2015, 10:08 (Ref:3490027)   #41
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Originally Posted by Mike Bell View Post
That is an amazing story! It beggars belief that a simple 'software problem' in the computerised pumps for the ballast tanks led to the loss. Did they not try a reboot?

I think that this was when the computerized ballasting systems were in their infancy, now it could probably be organized by a ten bob smartphone and be 100 percent reliable.

However it was an amazing dive as we went in the engine room and I have a picture somewhere of me sitting in one of the Volvo trucks !
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