Dear friends, do you still remember the tragedy of the sinking of the "Oriental Star" cruise ship in 2015, which shocked the whole country? In that year, this luxury cruise ship, which had been rated as a "civilized ship" by the Ministry of Communications, sank in an instant in the waters of the Yangtze River and Malaysia under the attack of an unusual storm, causing 442 innocent lives to fall into eternal darkness.
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After many years, with the exposure of the investigation report, the details hidden behind this tragedy that shocked the world have been revealed little by little......
It was one night on June 1, 2015, and the Oriental Star encountered an extremely rare severe convective weather on the Yangtze River in Mazhou. Under the rapid gathering of clouds, a narrow but extremely violent thunderstorm center formed, resulting in the attack of extremely heavy rain and 15 straight straight winds. At this critical moment, the crew of the Oriental Star failed to make a correct judgment and missed the opportunity to dock in time to avoid the storm.
In contrast, the Tonggong 666 freighter, which also sails on the waterways of Malaysia, made a smart move. The experienced crew saw the unusual weather at a glance and immediately dropped anchor and docked, avoiding the center of the storm that was raging wildly. It was this timely response that allowed them to escape the line of life and death.
And the Oriental Star, under the ravages of the raging storm, quickly lost its ability to control. The strong wind pressure caused the 10,000-ton giant ship to turn over in a minute, and then the violent wave completely swallowed it up. It all happened so suddenly that most of the passengers on board didn't have time to react before they were trapped alive in the enclosed cabins.
In the end, only 12 survivors were rescued from the shipwreck, and the remaining 442 people were all killed. The numbers are simple and cold, but behind them are the eternal sorrows of countless families.
The level of shock of the accident can be seen. The shock comes not only from the ruthlessness of natural disasters, but also from the various omissions in human operation. The investigation report pointed out that not only did the crew of the Oriental Star not make the right judgment about the bad weather, but the steamship company actually designed all the guest rooms to be enclosed when the steamship company converted the cabins in 2008, resulting in a large number of innocent lives with nowhere to escape.
So, under the double blow of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the tragedy of the sinking of the Oriental Star happened. It completely subverts people's perception of this award-winning "ship of civilization", revealing a distant and incomparably cruel truth: human beings are so vulnerable and helpless in the face of nature's wrath; And when disaster strikes, human negligence and mistakes often magnify the damage infinitely.
In the face of all this, we are sad and helpless. The only thing that can be done is to reverently accept the lesson so that the price of this blood will not be paid in vain. For those lives lost, we can only express our eternal condolences with the most devout prayers......
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