Tuesday, March 30, 2021

‘This is not what right looks like’

Eight Marines, one sailor drowned in training exercise.

From Military.com

"Transmission fails, the water drive fails, the engine RPMs drop," the former MEU commanding officer said. "Water is coming into the engine compartment through the plenums. It's also coming into the engine compartment through a headlight that was leaking."

That eventually led the generator to fail, leaving the vehicle operating on battery power alone.

"When the transmission failed, the hydraulic bilge pumps were degraded," the former MEU commander added. "... The electric bilge pumps were not operating at capacity, nor was the radio. So we've got a series of mechanical failures that are compounding the danger this AAV is in."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/25/tragic-mishap-was-preventable-how-marines-failed-9-troops-whose-35-year-old-aav-sank-pacific.html?ESRC=mr_210329.nl

Report found Marines were not properly trained, SOP was not followed and mechanical problems were not found before exercise began. 

 

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