Multitude of Causes for Recent Casualties: Singapore Disaster Highlights Training Problems

摘要

The collision was caused by errors of judgement in assessing the situation and the wrongful application of the Collision Regulations by the naval vessel. Although the trainee OOW had the "control of the ship", the trainee was at all times under the OOWs supervision. According to RSN regulations, the OOW was in charge of the watch, not the trainee OOW. As such, the OOW was fully responsible for safe navigation. By not intervening, the OOW had shown that he was either not fully aware of the situation or had wrongly agreed with the actions and instructions given by the trainee OOW. Thus, the OOW either failed to keep a proper watch or made similar errors of judgement as the trainee OOW.