Mistakes by the crew led to the HMNZS Manawanui, a New Zealand navy ship, crashing into a reef off Samoa, catching fire and sinking. The ship was one of only nine in the navy and the first lost at sea since WWII.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Mistakes by members of the crew caused a New Zealand navy ship to plow into a reef off the coast of Samoa , where it caught fire and sank, according to the preliminary findings of a military Court of Inquiry released Friday.
Officials did not know the cause of the sinking at the time, and Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Garin Golding ordered a Court of Inquiry to investigate. The Court of Inquiry is expected to continue until the first quarter of next year. Golding said given human error was identified as the cause, a separate disciplinary process will begin after the inquiry.
In the days after the sinking, New Zealand's Defense Minister gave stinging rebukes of “misogynistic” online commenters who directed abusive comments at the ship's captain because she was a woman.
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