Massive container ship stuck in Suez canal

[Aloha_Shooter]

Tugboat =vector.
If I was a high school physics teacher, we would have a field day with students.

Which is why I like applied physics. It's not random equations, it helps you understand why things happen the way they do and what you have to do to fix problems. Can't get traction in your vehicle? Think about what is causing the loss of traction and what forces you can/need to apply in order to regain traction. Bird feeder keeps toppling over? Think about what should be keeping it stable, why it isn't stable, and what you then have to do to make it stable.

[RblDiver]

I still want to know how the ship got itself in that position. I can't see how an experienced canal pilot would have let that happen.

Iirc, the claim was that there was a large gust of wind from a sandstorm, low visibility, etc, something of that nature.

[O2HeN2]

Can't get traction in your vehicle? Think about what is causing the loss of traction and what forces you can/need to apply in order to regain traction.

Spin the tires as fast as you possibly can.

...at least this is what 95% of the population thinks.

Years ago a friend and I stopped to help someone that was stuck, but not badly. We briefed them on not spinning the tires. They floored it. We told them it was strike 1 and told them again not to spin the tires. They floored it again. We briefed them again and told them it was strike 2. They floored it a third time. We just walked away without so much as a "good bye".

O2

[brutal]

High speed drifting.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1375845970584301571

[Aloha_Shooter]

Iirc, the claim was that there was a large gust of wind from a sandstorm, low visibility, etc, something of that nature.

It's going to take one helluva gust to move a ship with that much mass. As far as low visibility goes, I think canal pilots are supposed to meet the same standard as harbor pilots who -- in the US -- have to be able to reproduce the latest harbor charts from memory. They're supposed to KNOW the waterway they're navigating better than I know the back of my hand. I'm going to love a dig into THIS puppy ...

[BladesNBarrels]

High speed drifting.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1375845970584301571

Great description.
Is that a real life app or was it a reconstruction for the internet?

[Duman]

With all of the technology available, you could put that thing on autopilot. GPS locators at multiple locations on the ship, side thrusters at bow/aft sections, ..... built-in dredging units for future cases of 'Tokyo-Drift-in-Suez-Canal'

[TheNash]

I still say it was the penguins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqSdryYtnwc

[flogger]

Nice work to all involved, huge job with many challenges. Well done and hats off!

Now move over and, lets make room for the lawyers.

[Eric P]

Economic terrorism?

Destroy/disrupt a major trade route to cripple the colonizers...