Wellington, New Zealand – The lack of training, qualification and experiences on the ship Novi Zeland Navy ship, lit a fire and sink from the shore of Samoe in the final report on Friday, which contributed to the catastrophe.
The shortcomings were among a dozen crew, ship and Navy New Zealand that contributed to the loss of HMNZS Manawanui in October 2024. years, the 120 page report is stated. An Temporary Report last November They have already taken away that the ship crew did not realize that he had a vessel on the autopilot and believed that something else went wrong while plowing towards the ridge.
All 75 people on board evacuated to safety While the boat was formed by about 1.6 kilometers (mile) from the coast of the half, on the second largest island of Samoa. The ship was one of only nine in the Navy of New Zealand and was the first country lost at sea from World War II.
Officials did not know the cause of the sinking and the trial test were ordered to find out. Insufficient training, lack of qualified staff on board and inadequate risk management, were among the raft of problems detected in their findings published on Friday.
The report also emphasized the so-called Navy of New Zealand – what requested the organization to “risk” to meet the demands “with skinny and inexperienced labor,” its authors.
“It is an indictment for the fact that our navy remained in a rather dangerous state,” said Minister of Defense Judith Collins told reporters in Auckland on Friday. The entire army of the country was needed “serious rise,” she added.
The The state of the military hardware of New Zealand He encouraged several warnings from the Defense Agency, which in the report in March 2024 described the Navy as “Extremely brittle”, with ships with a blank job due to the staff retention problems and maintenance.
The Investigative Court could not bring guilty, he said and proposed a special disciplinary investigation for certain crew members who did not appoint the report. Their proposed violations are redacted.
The report included a dramatic transcript of what took place on the bridge, with one crew member that says the ship “I don’t really do what I want to do” while trying to change the vessel course.
“It’s a bad day for the Navy,” said the back admiral Garin Golding, a navy leader. “Our reputation has hit.”
The Navy would “learn from” episode and ensure that he did not repeat, he added. On Friday, however, he also called on recognition for those involved in the decision to leave the ship, which the report found saved life during the evacuation.
The specialist diving and hydrographic ship were in the Service for New Zealand since 2019. year and browsed the reef that continues. His sank judged an alarm, fee and fear demands from an ecological catastrophe for Samoanese villagers living on the coast in which it drains, who says Fear of permanent damage In the ecosystem of the fragile scratch.
The non-fishing zone around the vessel included a Samoana government in February.
New Zealand’s military this month said that he finished months of work to remove diesel fuel and other pollutants from the ship, who remains where he sank. Salvage Works on retrieving equipment and weapons continues.
Seawater and marine life in the area are “uncontaminated,” the army said, stating the Samoana scientific research agency. Decision on whether the ship will eventually remove.
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2025-04-04 03:09:00
