Human Errors To Blame For The Titanic
The Titanic
"The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. It’s the most dreadful sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it,"
According to Eva Hart, a Titanic Survivor. On the evening of April 14, the White Star Line RMS Titanic was approaching an area known for having icebergs. Then all of the passengers feel a little shake, the ship had just crashed into an iceberg, at 11:40 P.M. At 2:18 a.m the 7.5 million dollar ship (174 million dollars today) had just split into two pieces, and two minutes later there was no sight of the Titanic. At 2:20 A.M. the the RMS Titanic was now lost to the Atlantic Ocean, 1,503 people died on the unsinkable ship, they were taken from their families, all because of a mistake. Historians today say there are many theories to why it sank, but only one reason is to blame for the Titanic being lost to the ocean. Throughout history human error has and will never stop and because of it we have lost many lives. The human errors responsible for the …show more content…
It is fog that we fear. The big icebergs that drift into warmer water melt much more rapidly under water than on the surface, and sometimes a sharp, low reef extending two or three hundred feet beneath the sea is formed. If a vessel should run on one of these reefs half her bottom might be torn away." -Captain Smith, Commander of Titanic This quote proves he knew of the many dangers of the ocean,but he didn’t do anything about it. In a consequence, The Titanic sunk. The Titanic was trying to beat the Olympic. The faster he went the sooner he got to shore there was no time to lose in his mind. He received many warnings that there were icebergs in the area, but he wouldn’t stop or at least go slower. He just had to beat the other ship. If he would of gone the normal speed and not try to beat another ship we would not of lost
"The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. It’s the most dreadful sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it,"
According to Eva Hart, a Titanic Survivor. On the evening of April 14, the White Star Line RMS Titanic was approaching an area known for having icebergs. Then all of the passengers feel a little shake, the ship had just crashed into an iceberg, at 11:40 P.M. At 2:18 a.m the 7.5 million dollar ship (174 million dollars today) had just split into two pieces, and two minutes later there was no sight of the Titanic. At 2:20 A.M. the the RMS Titanic was now lost to the Atlantic Ocean, 1,503 people died on the unsinkable ship, they were taken from their families, all because of a mistake. Historians today say there are many theories to why it sank, but only one reason is to blame for the Titanic being lost to the ocean. Throughout history human error has and will never stop and because of it we have lost many lives. The human errors responsible for the …show more content…
It is fog that we fear. The big icebergs that drift into warmer water melt much more rapidly under water than on the surface, and sometimes a sharp, low reef extending two or three hundred feet beneath the sea is formed. If a vessel should run on one of these reefs half her bottom might be torn away." -Captain Smith, Commander of Titanic This quote proves he knew of the many dangers of the ocean,but he didn’t do anything about it. In a consequence, The Titanic sunk. The Titanic was trying to beat the Olympic. The faster he went the sooner he got to shore there was no time to lose in his mind. He received many warnings that there were icebergs in the area, but he wouldn’t stop or at least go slower. He just had to beat the other ship. If he would of gone the normal speed and not try to beat another ship we would not of lost