
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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The Role of the Third Mate in the Tanker Crash
I wonder if there's structural forces behind this. If something going terribly wrong could not be entirely the fault of one person. It is actually true with the DUIs. Right. Yeah, I think the first debunkable thing is that he wasn't driving when the boat ran a ground. So what really happened was the captain of the ship, Joseph Hazelwood, went to bed early and he put the third mate in charge. This was the least experienced captain on the entire ship.
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