General US Sub rams ship while Navigator was listening to Ipod

[The Helper]

A US nuclear sub rammed another ship causing nearly £60MILLION damage - while its navigator was listening to his iPod.

Sailors aboard the USS Hartford had also rigged up loudspeakers so they could play MUSIC on duty, an official report found last night.

Sonar operators and radio men were missing from their posts. Others drove the attack sub while "with one hand on the controls and their shoes off", it said.

The report slammed the navigator, who was listening to his iPod in his cabin while revising for an exam at the time.

Sub navigator was listening to iPod before £60m ship crash

Crew on board the attack sub USS Hartford had also rigged up loudspeakers to they could listen to music on duty, according to an official report.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Jedimindtrixxx]

wow even navigators are listening to ipods. i swear im the only person in this world without an ipod. i so want one

also thats like what $120million in damages? crazy stuff

 

[tom_mai78101]

I'm also the only person not to have cell phones and Ipods, so I'm much better than you.

And it''s 60 million pounds!? That's really unbelievable...

 

[Wummi]

I'm also the only person not to have cell phones and Ipods, so I'm much better than you.

And it''s 60 million pounds!? That's really unbelievable...

Impressive. I have no iPod but I do have a cellphone. I only know of 1 other person who has neither apart from you.

 

[ElderKingpin]

wow even navigators are listening to ipods. i swear im the only person in this world without an ipod. i so want one

also thats like what $120million in damages? crazy stuff

I used to not have one. Then i got one about 2 weeks ago. Since school generally doesnt allow ipods in school, i think its unneeded until the summer.

 

[Jedimindtrixxx]

thats the problem. 3 of my 4 classes allow us to listen to ipods while doing work and i am always bored out of my mind actually doing work instead of listening to music like every1 else around me. for home use i have youtube...

 

[ElderKingpin]

mind actually doing work instead of listening to music like every1 else around me

Because work. Is a big no no.

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See, if i was on a sub, and i was listening to an ipod. I think i would notice a large ship coming up in-front of me.

 

[tom_mai78101]

Maybe they are part listening, part dancing.

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[Romek]

I've got a 16GB iPhone which is literally completely full with music. I'm hoping to upgrade to the 32GB model soon.

As for the damages, they're all idiots. How can you fail so much at multi-tasking as to not be able to work and listen at the same time?

 

[Jindo]

How anyone is supposed to fill more than 8GB is beyond me.

I have an iPod but not a phone .

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How this guy managed to crash as a result of the iPod is beyond me, if he crashed it is because he wasn't looking, not because he wasn't listening. And if it was the case that he couldn't hear things that he needed to be able to hear, then he should learn to use the volume lock feature.

 

[Avaleirra]

I am impressed by this guy. How the hell did he get accepted into the navy?

 

[FireCat]

That's a very expensive Ipod "US sub" hehe Well, he will always remember that day.

 

[Wiseman_2]

How anyone is supposed to fill more than 8GB is beyond me.

It's not hard. I've got a 16GB Zen and I've got about 2GB left, the rest is entirely music. I've got something like 150 CDs, I do prefer to have a physical format

By the sounds of it the navigator was in his cabin. If he was off duty then why is the finger being pointed at him? And if he was, then why on earth was he in his cabin?

 

[SerraAvenger]

I'm also the only person not to have cell phones and Ipods, so I'm much better than you.

And it''s 60 million pounds!? That's really unbelievable...

I have a cell phone - no sim card or batteries though xD

That's a very expensive Ipod "US sub" hehe Well, he will always remember that day.

No, he wont. He was slammed.

 

[FireCat]

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[DM Cross]

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