New Zealand has had a bad run lately. A newly refurbished inter-island ferry running aground. Prior to that our Boeing 757 RNZAF craft broke down immediately after a “thorough” mechanical service. These things have something in common: All recently given a substantial service or refit, and all subsequently “lost power”. Sabotage by stealth, one wonders? MH
And with the Manawanui, there are suspicions that the ship was doing a little more than just surveying as the vid below suggests. remember the CCP views Samoa as prime Pacific turf. They might not take too kindly to “surveys”.
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Manawanui, Grounded, Then Sank Off the Coast of Samoa
And not just NZ.
Remember just prior to Covid, the big story was the Suez Canal supply chain disaster caused by the Ever Given…suddenly mysteriously losing power.
And then, the Baltimore Bridge disaster when a container ship, the Dali, suddenly mysteriously lost power.
Anyone detect a theme here?
ALTERNATIVELY…
Here’s another take on the disaster, based on the
Diversity hire” theme: