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Old 12-20-2017, 09:33 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg86 View Post
So they were on auto pilot and not hand steering?
From a layman, It makes it sound like the gyro compass had control of the autopilot. When the gyro went haywire it ran the ship aground. That sounds to be a pretty lame excuse to me. Wouldn’t you be able to just disengage the autopilot if you were paying attention? Is it normal to have an autopilot engaged in a channel / river in the first place? As a professional could you “splain how this all works Lucy”
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