Sorry, this image isnt available for license in your territory. Bengt Wiman is on Facebook. log out. This was Wiman's first time in the big chair, and the blame is placed squarely on his shoulders for misreading the ice. [1], Coordinates: 6214S 5710W / 62.24S 57.16W / -62.24; -57.16, The crew of 54 was made up largely of Filipinos, 45 of whom were aboard. But on Nov. 23, 2007, she sank in what appeared to be the most routine of Antarctic circumstances: cruising through young pack ice in mild weather. Copyright 2017 John Honeywell. All rights reserved. "I reached over to try to comfort him, and I slipped and nearly fell through the door," Mr. Scilingo said. "They are entitled to their opinions, but I am not interested in getting into an argument with a flag state.". After visiting the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, she hit an iceberg on 23 November 2007 in the Bransfield Strait, close to King George Island in the Southern Ocean and near the South Shetland Islands. The last survivors of a cruise ship that sank in chilly Antarctic waters two days ago arrived in southern Chile on Sunday, visibly weary but happy to be alive. In his account, which was published this month in the Argentine newspaper Pagina 12, Mr. Scilingo said that he took part in two of the "death flights" in 1977 and that most other officers at the Navy School of Mechanics in Buenos Aires, where he served, were also involved in such flights. Learn more about how you can collaborate with us. "At first it didn't bother me that I was dumping these bodies into the ocean because as far as I was concerned they were war prisoners," Mr. Scilingo said in the interview. Former Beflhavare at Expidition Vessels. [31] Her wreck lies at 622418S 571146W / 62.404882S 57.196247W / -62.404882; -57.196247. All passengers and crew were rescued. Anniversary cruise marks 50 years since the launch of Cunards QE2, British cruise passengers escape Barcelona terror attack. The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a group representing families of victims, held a large protest in downtown Buenos Aires on Thursday and demanded that the church "end its silence on what it knows about the dirty war" and that it release a list of priests who cooperated with the military. The ill-fated trip was his maiden voyage as a skipper in the region and he failed properly to identify the dangers confronting his ship. A investigation into the sinking of the expedition cruise ship Explorer in Antarctic waters places the blame squarely on the vessels captain, who was making his first voyage in the area. "We got everyone out of there safely and everyone in the world has been nothing but complimentary about how the company handled the situation.". subscription. Cruising. I recommend that the Motion to Dismiss be DENIED. One passenger reported sea water in their cabin at about 03:00 UTC. Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of its kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean. What Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay and captain Bengt Wiman of the shipwrecked MS Explorer have in common. But the chance of an iceberg taking a ship down is growing just as fast. Outrage over Mr. Scilingo's disclosures was so strong here that the Roman Catholic Church, which in the past has been reluctant to talk about the dirty war, publicly denounced the torture and killings of that era. Many of the victims were so weak from torture and detention that they had to be helped aboard the plane. Speaking on the behalf of Catholic bishops, Bishop Emilio Bianchi di Carcano said no Christian could condone killings committed by Argentina's former military rulers. Some crew's failure to don survival suits and start lifeboat engines might have endangered the lives of passengers if the sea conditions had been more severe, it warns. Directed By: Timothy Wolochatiuk Written By: Andrew Kaufman Where to watch Buy Buy Subscription Buy Cast & Crew Michael Pongracz Narrator Frances Townend Doreen Horwood Michael Murray Scratch. There is also concern that the size and type of vessels operating in dangerous southern waters has the potential for an environmental and human disaster if a large ship were to sink in Antarctic seas. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. "I'm not confessing to clear my conscience," Mr. Scilingo said. Sixteen months after the accident, marine safety investigators representing Liberia, where the Explorer was registered, fixed the blame primarily on one person: Bengt Wiman, the ship's 49-year-old captain, who'd been commanding the Explorer for the first time and had participated in only one Antarctic voyage. The MS Explorer was purpose-built for the Antarctic, a nimble expedition cruise ship with an ice-reinforced hull that pioneered the polar tourism trade in the early 1970s. Some carried plastic bags with a few belongings, heading for medical checkups and visits with consular officials from a host of countries on hand to help them get home. This past December, 122 passengers and crew were rescued from the MV Ushuaia after it struck a rock in Antarctica's Gerlache Strait. This message will appear once per week Asked to describe the second mission, in which he said he dumped 17 people into the ocean, Mr. Scilingo said he could no longer discuss the details because he was about to break down. [17], Explorer was the first cruise ship to navigate the Northwest Passage in 1984. The first notable incident of the Explorer was when it ran aground near La Plaza Point, Antarctica, on 11 February 1972; her passengers, Lindblad among them, were rescued by the Chilean Navy. "The military first threw our children into the river alive, their feet trapped inside a bucket of cement," said Hebe de Bonafini, director of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. [18] In 1998 Explorer was the first ship to circumnavigate James Ross Island;[19] and in the same year, was claimed to be the first ship, as distinct from river boat, to sail 80 miles (130km) above Iquitos, Peru, to the point where the Maran and Ucayali rivers meet to become the Amazon River.[20]. Californian encountered a large ice field at 22:20 ship's time, and Captain Lord decided to stop the ship and wait. Explorer was completely submerged at 19:00 UTC, approximately 20 hours after the initial impact and damage to her hull. Parties for Paisola v. Gap Adventures Inc., 1:10-cv-08920 Brought to you by the RECAP Initiative and Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information. Parties, docket activity and news coverage of federal case Paisola v. Gap Adventures Inc. et al, case number 1:10-cv-08920, from New York Southern Court. All Rights Reserved. But he said he had a slight change of heart during the first mission, after a noncommissioned officer, who had not been informed of what the mission entailed, began to express reservations about dumping people into the ocean. Swedish Captain Bengt Wiman was in command of the Explorer on that fateful cruise, and while he had been in Antarctic waters many times in the past, it had always been as the first mate. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. When the MV Explorer cruise ship sinks off the coast of Antarctica, investigators must turn to the photos and videos taken by the surviving passengers to find out what went wrong. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. According to the Independent on Sunday, passenger Georgie Hale from Coventry said there was pandemonium. Om Seyfo, folkmordet 1915, som frenar assyrier/syrianer i Sdertlje. All on board made it into lifeboats and were rescued by a passing Norwegian cruise ship. Among them: that these ships carry at least partially-enclosed lifeboats and enough immersion suits for everyone aboard, and that training requirements for ice navigation be better spelled out. Its 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica was the forerunner for today's sea-based tourism in that region. Sundays airlift was composed of 11 passengers and 65 crew members, most of whom declined to comment on advice from lawyers. Adventures listed: 24 Britons, 17 Dutch, 14 Americans, 12 Canadians and 10 Australians, 4 Swedes, 4 Irish, 3 Danes, 2 Argentines, 2 Belgians, 2 Chinese (Hong Kong), and single passengers from China, France, Germany, Japan, Colombia, Sweden. "He was under the mistaken impression that he was encountering first year ice which in fact, as the Chilean Navy Report indicated, was much harder land ice. One of the officers was a friend of Mr. Scilingo's. The captain is criticised for evacuating the ship without taking the vital VDR "white box" accident recorder, which could have given investigators clues to why vital watertight compartments were left open while others leaked. The captain of the sunken Explorer cruise ship, Bengt Wiman, descended from the C130 Hercules aircraft in Punta Arenas and gave a thumbs up to bystanders before he entered the airport. Two other cruise ships arrived on the scene at about 7 a.m. to begin plucking passengers and crew from. So while the inexperience of the captain has a role to play, the health of the boat didnt help matters at all, and probably played a major role in its sinking. Mr. Scilingo's disclosure has reopened a bitter debate here over the so-called dirty war, in which more than 4,000 people were killed and 10,000 others disappeared during the military juntas from . All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. The vessel sank the following November while traversing sea ice off Antarctica. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Menem, a former dissident who was imprisoned for five years by the military, defended his decision to issue the pardons, saying it was necessary for the country to move forward and to stop the military discontent that led to three barracks uprisings in the 1980's and in 1990. They are all doing well, in good health and in good spirits and theyve been taken to their hotel, said Reinaldo Neulling, a Chilean air force spokesman. Taylor Echlin, of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, describes the 'frightful' sight that greeted him during the rescue of ship's passengers. People familiar with the Antarctic tourism industry weren't surprised that a cruise ship sank there. Passenger Eli Charne, 38, awake in cabin 314, hears a loud bang. The ill-fated trip was his maiden voyage as a skipper in the region and he failed properly to identify the dangers confronting his ship. Has anyone ever heard of a visit to Spahn by a band called Captain Beefheart? When you are the captain you have to know that everything is your responsibility. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Beyond fear, beyond anger. [4] The official report of the sinking noted: "The damage sustained had to have extended along the length of the vessel from Cabins 308 to 314 for at least a distance of 3.6 meters, and, in all likelihood, had punctured and sliced holes along the shell plating. I too was puzzled by this loss. An "inexperienced and overconfident" captain drove his ship too fast towards a "wall of ice", causing it to sink in freezing Antarctic waters, endangering the lives of 154 passengers and crew including 24 Britons a damning accident investigation concludes. Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}, Tighter controls on tourist vessels are being called for after an inexperienced captain put the lives of 154 passengers and crew at risk. That was the Antarctic cruise ship that rapidly sunk off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula back in November of 2007(Inexperienced Captain). The report by the Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs, through which the Explorer was flagged, described how the ship was damaged after the captain attempted to plow through what one passenger described as "a long wall of solid ice," presumably a ridge of broken ice forced up by pressure. Objections to R&R due by 4/2/2012 (Signed by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis on 3/9/2012) Copies Sent By Chambers. On further questioning he concedes and the report indicates they had corresponded with G.A.P's attorneys and conducted telephone or e-mail interviews with some of the Explorer's officers and crew who no longer work for the company, including Captain Wiman. The Explorer, a 40-year-old, Liberian-registered vessel, sank in deep water in November 2007. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Subscribe to Luxe Beat. Adventures Inc. Gresham World Shipping Inc. H. Hachiuma Steamship Co., Ltd. Or this one: Subscribe to our newsletter and get the latest news, gear reviews, travel tips, and all things adventure!. His first love was always acting and he pursued acting after graduating with a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Toronto. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. MS Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of that kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean. V. Ships Ship Management, Bengt Wiman (Unger, Michael) (Entered: 05/02/2011) Request 8: Filed: 4/29/2011, Entered: None: ORDER. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. She has since dropped claims against all defendants except GAP. "The crew tried to push away with the oars, and when that failed they attached a metal object to the end of the oars. Our work isn't possible without your support. The forest of Fangorn lay on its border, and the Elven . Antarctica is emerging as one of the cruise industry's hottest destinations. ", Steve Wellmeier, executive director of the International Association of Antarctic Tourism Operators describes the report as "very sobering reading" which "represents a wake-up call for all of our members. Join Facebook to connect with Bengt Wiman and others you may know. A Chilean naval icebreaker that reached the scene shortly after the Explorer's passengers were rescued, concluded that the ship had not been traveling through a thin ice field, as her captain had thought, but rather an older, thicker field containing a mix of dangerous glacial ice chunks, some reportedly as large as 15 feet high with underwater rams as long as 45 feet. Survivors on Saturday told reporters they were overjoyed to have been swiftly rescued. "We dispute pretty much everything in the report," he says, but declines to offer his own version of events or to respond point by point to the report's findings. Rezultat pretraivanja TV rasporeda: Moje pretrage: Disasters at Sea Disasters at Sea (2018) Find out why Finnish Captain Bengt-Owe Gustafsson and two Norwegian pilots put to sea when the huge storm that eventually engulfed the vessel was already on weather charts and had caused other ships to stay in port. The sinking of the Explorer on November 23, 2007, was one of the most bewildering disasters in modern maritime history. Bengt Wiman - Facebook Werner Artinger is an actor who was born in Munich, Germany but grew up near Toronto, Canada since the age of 5. Posted by Lillian Africano | Adventure, Antarctica, Editor's Picks, Featured, Travel |. Well groomed and well spoken, Mr. Scilingo is married and has four children. Those passengers not taken to Punta Arenas (an estimated 70) were taken to Uruguay's Artigas Base. Captain Wiman said the VDR was forgotten as the crew concentrated on evacuating passengers. ice when it strikes a floating object on the ship's starboard side. Paisola v. Gap Adventures Inc. et al: CORRECTED REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. John Honeywell is a travel writer specialising in cruise ships and cruise travel. This is from Saturday's WSJ, i think you may find it interesting. O'Hara traveled to the . Werner moved between acting and "real jobs" for many years before committing to the craft full time. Other Ships and Shipwrecks. Power failed, and, at about 3 a.m., Captain Bengt Wiman gave the order to abandon ship. The chief engineer was commended for jury-rigging a fuel supply for an auxiliary generator, which allowed the captain to maneuver the ship into a position where the lifeboats could be deployed. Ett r senare hamnade det omslaget p svenska Illustrerade . We Chile dispatched the icebreaker Almirante scar Viel, and nearby commercial ships; including the MN Ushuaia, the National Geographic Endeavor, and the Norwegian Coastal Express ship MSNordnorge which was operating as a passenger cruise ship at the time. Argentine Tells of Dumping 'Dirty War' Captives Into Sea, https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/13/world/argentine-tells-of-dumping-dirty-war-captives-into-sea.html. There has been some concern for some time now regarding the experience level of crews being sent into the Antarctic waters. We were killing human beings. should reassess its procedures for abandoning ship. 315,203,643 stock photos, 360 panoramic images, vectors and videos, Share Alamy images with your team and customers. The iceberg struck by Explorer made a gash in the hull which allowed water to enter. ", He said senior military officers had told participants in the flights that the church hierarchy sanctioned the missions as "a Christian form of death.". Like recreational captains that claim they have been boating all their life, 60 years say. "Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.". It is not known when the ice class was uprated to 1A. you are agreeing to our, One month free trial to theMonitorDaily, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor, Questions swirl around the sinking of the MS Explorer. She was involved in the rescue of the crew of an Argentine supply ship in 1989 that had hit a rock ledge off Anvers Island, Antarctica. The report recommends "administrative action" be taken against Captain Wiman "in view of his lack of knowledge which contributed to the cause of the casualty". Posted by Lillian Africano | Adventure, Antarctica, Editor's Picks, Featured, Travel | After a lifetime of travel that had taken me all the continents of the world, there are a few. It praises the crew and expedition staff for evacuating the ship without loss of life, but expresses reservations about how the evacuation took place. I later found out that the metal object was a piece of equipment that was meant to identify us on the radar.". - Kuuntele Sagan om Sdertlje - del 3 (repris) -jaksoa podcastista Mnniskor och tro heti tabletilla, puhelimella ja selaimella. Explorer was depicted on at least two postage stamps issued by South Georgia, and one issued by the Falkland Islands. The thermal blankets were like nylon body bags and the zip was corroded on all of them." The first arrived on Saturday evening and was made up mostly of passengers. Adventures Inc., Defendant: Represented by Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, LLP. https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/s005669/3467456. Consider this example. She was the first cruise ship to sink there,[3] after striking an iceberg on 23 November 2007. As a result, the Explorer rammed into that ice at too high of a speed, ripping a ten foot long gash in its hull, which explains why the ship sunk so quickly. , Gear Review: Yeti Roadie 48 Wheeled Cooler, Kristin Harila Continues Pursuit of 8000-Meter Speed Record, Two Expeditions are Attempting the Northwest Passage This Summer, Climate Change is Disrupting Climbing in the Alps, It Has Been a Record-Setting Summer on K2. Email Address Subscribe Top Posts. The Explorer's captain, Bengt Wiman, walked past shouting journalists and gave a thumbs-up sign to crowds who welcomed the plane. The hull was reportedly corroding in spots, and had already been patched a number of times, and there were a few failed inspections on its record as well. The rest of the group, mostly crew and younger passengers from the Canadian-owned vessel, plodded after him in borrowed clothes, haggard and offering no comment. Pre-pay for multiple images and download on demand. The MV Explorer was the subject of a recent Smithsonian Channel doc - will be replayed over the next few weeks. Winner of CLIA UK's Contribution to Cruise award 2017. Thu, Jan 29, 2009 Experts say another Titanic is a real and growing possibility in the unforgiving waters of the Southern Ocean. Bengt Norman Bengtson was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 4, 1900, son of Bengt Jon and Ebba Martina (Hullander) Bengtson, both now deceased. ", But the founder and CEO of G.A.P. "For a wound to heal and scar properly, you first have to clean it thoroughly and not leave infection inside," Mr. Verbitsky said. 201. No valving to isolate that system? Paul Bignell reports, Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in, Please refresh your browser to be logged in, 5% off all bookings - Travelodge discount code, Save 200 on 2023 holidays with this TUI discount code, 12% off the exclusive Torre de Madrid - Barcelo discount code, Extra 20% off selected fashion and sportswear at Very, 5 off first orders using this QVC discount code, Compare broadband packages side by side to find the best deal for you, Compare cheap broadband deals from providers with fastest speed in your area, All you need to know about fibre broadband, Best Apple iPhone Deals in the UK January 2023, Compare iPhone contract deals and get the best offer this January, Compare the best mobile phone deals from the top networks and brands. The Explorers captain, Bengt Wiman, walked past shouting journalists and gave a thumbs-up sign to crowds who welcomed the plane. MS Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of that kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean. The report which vividly illustrated how a single misjudgment can lead to disaster in the harsh, poorly charted waters of Antarctica made a series of recommendations to improve safety on polar cruises. [4], The ship was commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. Survivors were flown to Punta Arenas in two groups. More languages It criticises him for entering the ice field in darkness and for failing to slow the ship as it approached and then hit the "wall of ice". Not all ships are equal. [16] The 70 passengers and 34 of the crew were rescued by the Chilean Navy Antarctic transport Pioto Pardo, leaving the captain and a skeleton crew of 21 on board to await the arrival of a tugboat. "There was great surprise at the realities revealed by the report compared to the information that had been available before from G.A.P., Chile, or Argentina," Mr. Barnes says. The ship's owner, GAP Shipping, is criticised for failing to secure the accident recorder and for its treatment of passengers. Search for stock images, vectors and videos. Ett halvt sekel har gtt sen de frsta kristna frn Mellanstern kom till Sverige - vilka frgor r centrala i Sdertlje idag? I have to have the radio or television on at all times or something to distract me. I don't repent because I am convinced that I was acting under orders and that we were fighting a war.". It places blame on the captain having misjudged ice conditions and the failure of one of the ships' watertight doors. The master of Explorer was very experienced in Baltic waters, but he was unfamiliar with the type of ice he encountered in Antarctic waters. Walt Disney Studios har ett flertal filmproduktionsbolag.Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution distribuerar och marknadsfr det fretagets studior producerar.. Det brjade med Walt Disney Studio 1926, som sedan 1986 blev Walt Disney Co., drefter Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group (1998-2007) och sedan 2007 The Walt Disney Studios. the new rules_TOURISM. He became convinced that he had to speak out last year when two navy officers still in active service were denied promotions after they admitted before a Senate hearing that they had tortured political prisoners during the military era. Below Dec k's Captain Sandy Yawn made major waves when she climbed aboard spin-off show Below Deck: Mediterranean in Season 2. Sometimes I am afraid to be alone with my thoughts. He is also criticised for evacuating the ship without taking its "white box" accident recorder. Sealing bulkhead doors, pumps, even dragging mattresses or blankets below the water line and let them get sucked into the breaches.

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