29 Nov 2024

Manawanui sank as result of human error - report

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 29 November 2024

Nobody shows up to work to have a bad day. But that's exactly what happened last month when the HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sunk off the South West Coast of Samoa last month as a result of human error. At a press conference this afternoon, the Chief of Navy revealed the interm findings of a Court of Inquiry into the incident which saw 75 people evacuated and the ensuing slow release of 200,000 litres of diesel into the ocean. Louise Ternouth has the details.

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