"We are all going to die!" That is what 1500 people were thinking when the Titanic was going down, and they were right. The Titanic was the biggest ship in the world at the time. The Titanic hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912, and over 1500 lives were lost to the deep Atlantic. The person responsible was J. Bruce Ismay. Ismay left the ship with woman and children still on board when he could of saved other people, he ultimately decided for the Titanic to only have 20 lifeboats, and Ismay owned the company that made and designed the Titanic and all of its flaws. The first reason that Ismay is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic is because, Ismay left the ship with women and children still on board. An article about J. Bruce Ismay and the Titanic says, " After the disaster Ismay was savaged by both American and British press for deserting the ship while woman and children were still on board." The article also says, “ Ismay told another story. He said he helped load eight lifeboats then when the deck looked clear jumped into an open spot. We obviously know there were 1500 people on the ship so it was by no means empty.” So if you were a child trying to get on a lifeboat what would you do? You probably would run around trying to find a life boat that was left still on the Titanic. Then …show more content…
An article about Ismay and the Titanic says, "The Titanic designer Thomas Andrews was pushing for 48 lifeboats enough to carry everyone on board. But Ismay said no to the 48 lifeboats and only put 20 on board." The article also says, “ Because of his choice it puts some obligation to stay aboard the ship and take whatever comes.” If there would of been 48 lifeboats then so much more lives could of been saved. But Ismay for whatever reason only put on 20. The 1500 other people that died on the Titanic could of survived if Ismay would have put 48
The events that occurred on April 12, 1912 shocked those not only aboard the Titanic, but also sent shock waves throughout the world when the most luxurious ship of its time sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Because of this unforgettable day, people all across the world would demand answers as to how this tragedy could have occurred. The sinking of the Titanic will forever be remembered as one of the worst boating accidents in history, in part because of the absence of safety precautions the designers and builders had not included. These safety precautions are what drove the United States government to set rules, laws, and regulations so a tragedy of this magnitude never could happen again.
Why did the Titanic sink, exactly? The Titanic sank because people didn’t listen to the many warnings that were given. “...; at least five ice warnings had reached the ship;..” (R.M.S
The Titanic claimed to be the ship of its time; one that would never sink. However, what the Titanic claimed to be was not the case because on April 15, 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg, broke in half, and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. There has been debate ever since that fateful day as to how this happened to the Titanic. Some conspiracy theorist believe the ship never even sank -- regardless of the ships remains at the bottom of the ocean. Other conspiracy theorists believe the Titanic was actually switched with the RMS Olympic because of an insurance scam. Ever since that day, many scientists, engineers, and physicists have tried to analyze the problems of the Titanic; the reasons why it sank.
At this time the crew was doomed. The sinking of the Fitzgerald was very rapid and it is said that it is likely they did not know the seriousness of their condition. Indeed, after the wreck a mangled lifeboat was found. The conditions of these lifeboats left people to suggest or assume that no one attempted to leave the ship. No distress signals were ever even issued.
The Challenger disaster of 1986 was a shock felt around the country. During liftoff, the shuttle exploded, creating a fireball in the sky. The seven astronauts on board were killed and the shuttle was obliterated. Immediately after the catastrophe, blame was spread to various people who were in charge of creating the shuttle and the parts of the shuttle itself. The Presidential Commission was decisive in blaming the disaster on a faulty O-ring, used to connect the pieces of the craft. On the other hand, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch, in The Golem at Large, believe that blame cannot be isolated to any person or reason of failure. The authors prove that there are too many factors to decide concretely as to why the Challenger exploded. Collins and Pinch do believe that it was the organizational culture of NASA and Morton Thiokol that allowed the disaster. While NASA and Thiokol were deciding whether to launch, there was not a concrete reason to postpone the mission.
Bruce Ismay is liable for the lives lost for vetoing lifeboats. Bruce Ismay vetoed to put more lifeboats
Alan McDonald, an employee of Morton-Thiokol and director of the project to build the solid rocket boosters, urged NASA management not to launch Challenger at the planned time after the company management wrote a recommendation to launch. In spite of his pleas, NASA made the decision to continue with the scheduled date, even though the predicted temperature was not within operational requirement (“Engineering Ethics,” n.d.). This decision, according to the National Society of Professional Engineers Code I.1, engineers shall “hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public” (“Code of Ethics,” n.d.). By electing to perform the launch under subpar conditions, they directly endangered the lives of the seven astronauts who were to be aboard the Challenger. Results of this decision played out in the worst possible scenario: all seven disastrously lost their lives.
We have all heard about the Titanic. Either we have watched the romance movie or done our research in a different way. No matter where we get our information from we know the biggest parts of the tragedy. The ship Titanic crashed into an iceberg on a cold April night on the Atlantic Ocean while sailing its first trip. But haven’t you ever wanted to know more details about? Maybe how the people who were on it and survived? How could the situation be prevented? Couldn’t they have saved more people? Well in the book “A Night to Remember” it has details on the Titanic you have probably never thought of knowing. While reading the first chapter some parts really caught my attention. One was when people felt the jolt from the collision with the ice berg people didn’t suspect what tragedy was to come. A girl named Marguerite Frolicher, who was accompanying her father on a business trip, woke up with a jump since she was half asleep she was thinking about ‘little white lake ferries’ landing sloppily which made her laugh and thought to herself “Isn’t it funny…we’re landing!”. They really did...
This tragic accident was preventable by not only the flight crew, but maintenance and air traffic control personnel as well. On December 29, 1972, ninety-nine of the one hundred and seventy-six people onboard lost their lives needlessly. As is the case with most accidents, this one was certainly preventable. This accident is unique because of the different people that could have prevented it from happening. The NTSB determined that “the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the flightcrew.” This is true; the flight crew did fail, however, others share the responsibility for this accident. Equally responsible where maintenance personnel, an Air Traffic Controllers, the system, and a twenty cent light bulb. What continues is a discussion on, what happened, why it happened, what to do about it and what was done about it.
It wasn’t anyone's fault it was the radio people and the making of the Titanic. If you want to learn why I think it is them is because I think it is obvious and easy to point out. Keep reading and then you would find out why I picked them. So the next few paragraphs I am going to tell you why.
The potential that control of the vessel might be lost, due to inadequate vessel equipment resulting in inability to maneuver and colliding with other objects, which may result in people being thrown overboard.
Little to there knowledge it wasn't the weight of the ship they had to worry about. It was traveling across the Atlantic Ocean in the dark with many icebergs. The builders of the ship took extra precautions in securing the safety and welfare of its passengers. It exceeded the legal requirement for safety boats, which were sixteen. The Titanic, carrying twenty lifeboats, still didn't have enough for all 2,227 passengers.
As the water flooded into the first five compartments, the water would pass the water line. Once it passed the water line, the water would start to flood into the rest of the compartments like falling dominos. Since one-half of the ship kept flooding in with water, the water would slowly start to break the ship in half. Once one-half of the ship went under the other half that was floating above the water would snap and break off. Thus separating the Titanic into two pieces laying at the sea floor. The Titanic would ultimately sink on April 15, 1912. With the ship sinking, there are three factors on why the Titanic sank. The three factors are human error, corporate negligence, and design error. The three factors are equally responsible on why the ship sank.
The Titanic, one of the biggest well known tragedies in history. The horrific accident was a catastrophe that impacted the world. Devastating news that this colossal ship everyone thought was indestructible had sunk from a collision with an iceberg. But the question is, could the terrible tragedy have been stopped? Why did the Titanic give so easily following the hit?
Due to the ignorance and arrogance of people and how society treats people can cause Sidney Samuel Jacobsohn and many others to suffer the consequences. There were many reasons for the lack of survivors and the failure of the Titanic, and most were on the conceited people who thought it was the “unsinkable ship”. According to the article “R.M.S. Titanic”, there were many reasons why things went wrong. People