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These have been used and regularly replaced since the 1970s and this is the first time one has been lost in transit.

Yes, they can do better and hopefully will do so in the future with more rules, regulations and checks.

But, see [1] - you'd imagine someone would have thought about the front of an oil tanker falling off.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirki_(tanker)



the front fell off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM


I knew what this was before I clicked. I've watched it a million times. I watched it again. These guys were comedic geniuses.


I just want to point out to others that the above is parody.


Yes it's deliberate exaggeration for comic effect of the simple bald fact that the front fell off of the bloody oil tanker.


But couldn't they add some sort of sensor to detect when the front falls off?




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