A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off the coast of Samoa last month as a result of human error, a government-initiated inquiry found on Friday.<\/p>\n
HMNZS Manawanui, the navy\u2019s specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, grounded on a reef on the southern side of Samoa, on Oct. 5 while conducting survey operations. All 75 crew members on board survived.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe direct cause of the grounding has been determined as a series of human errors which meant the ship\u2019s autopilot was not disengaged when it should have been,\u201d the head of New Zealand\u2019s Navy Rear Admiral Gavin Golding said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n
The crew did not realize the ship remained in autopilot and consequently thought its failure to respond to direction changes was the result of a thruster control failure.<\/p>\n
The reasons why the crew failed to notice the error would be part of a wider inquiry expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year, Golding said.<\/p>\n
A separate disciplinary process into those involved would begin once that inquiry had concluded, he added.<\/p>\n
New Zealand\u2019s Navy has been struggling with a lack of resources, three of its nine ships already idle due to personnel shortages before the sinking of the Manawanui.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Sydney; Editing by Stephen Coates)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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