kscarbel2 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 A large cargo ship lost control of its engines and went nearly full throttle through Charleston harbor towards the Ravenel Bridge. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/06/charleston-bridge-closed-ship-out-of-control Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74235-alike-the-key-bridge-another-cargo-ship-is-hacked/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Thanks for that. Just read it. It sounds like they made out a lot better than the last one. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74235-alike-the-key-bridge-another-cargo-ship-is-hacked/#findComment-553627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Hacked hadn’t thought of that probably just what happened … bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74235-alike-the-key-bridge-another-cargo-ship-is-hacked/#findComment-553628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Talking about this on another site, with some who have been crew on a ship, the conclusion was the engine computer didn't/ wouldn't throttle back and they were faced with shutting it down either electrically or by cutting the fuel, thus putting it the condition the Dali was, or call for assistance and run it out into deeper water and solve the problem out there. We know how the Dali ended up so they chose the other option. Just as a modern truck engine is not directly controlled by the driver via mechanical linkage to the injectors, the same is true in marine engines. To be "hacked" there has to be a connection between the engine ECM and the outside world, but it can just as easily be a internal "computer failure" where the computer just stops reacting to inputs and "freezes" where it is. The conclusion was it very unlikely that it was being controlled by a hacker and far more likely to be an internal failure. Ships need the prop turning to have any steerage esp at lower speeds, so by leaving the near shore at a higher speed with C/G escort, they were able to control the ship, if it were hacked, one would think they would want to control the steering as well. That was not the case. If nefarious actors gained control of the ship, it wouldn't just be one system. Only damage (minor) was by the wake, no one hurt, so sounds like it was handled well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74235-alike-the-key-bridge-another-cargo-ship-is-hacked/#findComment-553629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Sal explains it here, start at about 1:30. He was very informative with the Dali and Key bridge. .....Hippy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74235-alike-the-key-bridge-another-cargo-ship-is-hacked/#findComment-553633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Almost exactly what was said in the conversation I was having on another site. Must have been a wild ride! All in all I think they did a great job. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74235-alike-the-key-bridge-another-cargo-ship-is-hacked/#findComment-553640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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