The Crash

The sinking of the Titanic was an unexpected tragedy that shook the world to its core. What was once a magnificent ship lay at the bottom of the ocean, and all people wanted to do was understand how it all happened. To date, there are many unsolved theories as to what could have changed the course of the crash as people delve deeper into the accident. Here, we will cover the events leading to the crash and what measures were in place to help mitigate the risks:

The ship sank in the early morning on 15th April 1912, four days after it had left Southampton, heading to New York City. The accident took place in the North Atlantic Ocean as the ship ferried 2,224 people across the sea. According to the reports given, the vessel hit an iceberg twenty minutes to midnight on 14th April and took two hours and forty minutes to sink, leading to the death of 1500 people. So high was the number of fatalities that this incident is one of the most disastrous tragedies at sea throughout history.

Iceberg Reports

Reports show that before hitting the iceberg, the operators on the ship had received six warnings as to the presence of icebergs. Passengers on the vessel had also spotted the drifting ice in the afternoon as the conditions in the sea at the time were at their worst. The lookouts were unaware of how bad the situation was, and the calmness of the sea did not help much as they could not tell where the icebergs were. What’s more, they were not using binoculars on that fateful day as they were missing and they thus relied on information from the operators and their bare eyes. With all this happening, it was, therefore, necessary for the crew to take caution when dealing with the communications, but the operators did not relay all that they heard over the radio. The operators at the time were not part of the crew, and their primary role was to convey messages to the passengers such that when a warning came in as to the state of the icebergs, one of the operators scolded the sender. The crew was aware of the presence of icebergs. However, the captain maintained a near maximum speed such that when the lookouts finally spotted the iceberg, it was too late to turn around immediately and during the rotation, the starboard side got hit.