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Oberon · 09-22-10, 02:05 PM

It's possible. I'm always dubious of those 'Kept secret for all these years' claims, but human error is certainly something that can't be discounted, in which case I feel deeply sorry for the ships pilot and I dare say he would not have wanted to leave that ship and most likely went down with her.
I do ponder that if she had gone hard astern and kept on an intercept course and hit the 'berg head on, whether she still would have gone down...

09-22-10, 02:05 PM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It's possible. I'm always dubious of those 'Kept secret for all these years' claims, but human error is certainly something that can't be discounted, in which case I feel deeply sorry for the ships pilot and I dare say he would not have wanted to leave that ship and most likely went down with her. I do ponder that if she had gone hard astern and kept on an intercept course and hit the 'berg head on, whether she still would have gone down...