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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by hammock on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:47PM (#39831393)
>How many pilots, trained or not, really have any experience with a 100,000 ton ship in a crash situation with responses where seconds matter?

I would hope, given the economic and humanitarian consequences of a crash, that we have simulators for this

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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by OtherShrezzing on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:59PM (#39831529)
We have miniature physical simulators for it with reduced scale ships & environments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jplrbxI5GN8

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