https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-unYvhrMJw The P&O cruise ship Oriana was departing Southampton's City Cruise Terminal last month when its horn malfunctioned and got stuck on blast for more than 20 minutes. The hilarious fail was of course captured on video and posted online. According to the uploader, this went on for well over 20 minutes, even … [Read more...]
This Commemorative Suez Canal Stamp Has One Glaring Error
The Egyptian postal service had the best intentions when issuing a series of stamps to commemorate the Suez Canal and its multi-billion expansion project, only there was one glaring error: the stamp showed a picture of the rival Panama Canal (for those of you who don't know, Suez Canal has no locks). Noticing the blunder, people took to Twitter to point out the FAIL: #Egypt … [Read more...]
Watch: How Not To Pull Your Boat Out Of The Water
Here are two examples of how not to pull your boat out of the water, in honor of summer of course. Hope you have a better week (and summer) than these guys! … [Read more...]
Video Emerges of $10M Yacht Launch Fail
And now for the video you have all been waiting for... (skip to 2:30 for the action) As you may have heard, on Sunday, May 18 the 90' expedition style motor yacht Bäden, estimated to have cost $10 million according to some reports, capsized during its launch in Anacortes, Washington. Luckily, nobody was seriously injured in the incident, although … [Read more...]
Portuguese Navy’s New Drone Demonstration Ends With Hilariously Epic FAIL
The Portuguese navy unveiled a new state-of-the-art surveillance drone this week in front of assembled media and Portugal’s defence minister, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, among other distinguished guests at a Lisbon naval base. Unfortunately the launch did not go as planned. After the drone crashed into the water only seconds after takeoff, the Minister was reported to have … [Read more...]
ENSCO DS1 Rig Accidentally Strength-Tests Drilling Riser Off Angola [FAIL]
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While operating for Total E&P offshore Angola, the 1999-built Ensco DS1 drillship was running their blowout preventer (BOP) to the wellhead in 4,318 feet of water. Unfortunately, they forgot to open the blind shear rams while doing so. After lowering the BOP 3,970 feet down, the hook load began to increase unexpectedly. With the blind shear rams closed, the riser had … [Read more...]
Mystery Ship Launch FAIL – Solved!
Over the weekend we posted a somewhat scary video of a cameraman getting a face full of wood at a unidentified ship launch. The video quickly went viral, but details of where and when this happened remained a mystery. Thanks in part to our commentors, it was not long before the ship and yard were identified. Now Jalopnik, a site typically reserved for automobile news, has … [Read more...]