David Osler

David Osler
David Osleris a British journalist, blogger and author. He was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School, City of London Polytechnic and the London School of Economics...
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These sorts of ships are famous for having stability problems. We can't rule out anything at this stage.
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It's a roll-on, roll-off ferry, and there is big question mark over the stability of this kind of ship. It would only take a bit of water to get on board this ship and it would be all over. ... The percentage of this type of ferry involved in this type of disaster is huge.
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It's a roll-on, roll-off ferry, and there is a big question mark over the stability of this kind of ship.
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It only takes a small amount of water to get onboard, and it sets up a sort of uncontrollable rocking effect that actually turns the vessel over quite quickly. They can sink in no time flat.