A simple navigation rule applied by the captain would have been the key to the tragedy of the Titanic

A new book suggests that the Titanic sank following a rule of the world of navigation that requires all ships to turn to the right to avoid a collision. In this case, the maneuver resulted in the death of thousands of people.

Since the huge ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, during his maiden voyage to the United Kingdom a New YorkResearchers and historians have said the tragedy was due to the collision with the iceberg.

However, the writer and journalist Senan Molony, who has been investigating the disaster for thirty years, brings new clues as to why the boat sank.

In his new book, Titanic: why he crashed, why he sank and why he would never have to navigateMolony suggests that the decision to alter the vessel's heading to avoid collision with the iceberg was one of the essential reasons for its sinking, the newspaper reported. Daily mail.

In addition, the reporter suggests that a fire has seriously damaged the hull of the ship, just in the area that collided with the iceberg. And he says the main reason was to have followed the rule that every boat must turn right (starboard) in front of another boat to avoid the accident.

This rule, introduced in 1850 when England dominated the seas of the world and created to improve navigability, did not work for icebergs. In this case, said the reporter, the crew lacked expertise.

"In the case of a driver who is facing a semitrailer that comes in the opposite direction or an articulated truck, he knows that the length of the vehicle ahead will be behind his driver. However, icebergs do not respect the rules of the road. They can be presented in any form. And if you encounter one in the dark, with only the front part of an initially visible obstruction, you can not badume that the body or the load is entirely at the back, "explains L & R. Author in his book.

"It can float from one side to the other, and if so, how can the people on board the ship know which side the length can be extended on, left or right?" Port or starboard ? " Molony in the book.

Around the debate about the size of the iceberg, among those who saw it, there was a sailor, Joseph Scarrott, who suggested that it extends to the right side of the iceberg. iceberg. Titanic.

"The normal procedure, facing an object ahead, was to go to starboard. The way to avoid collisions in 1912 was to move to the right in case of emergency and to do so decisively ", wrote the author.

He adds: "However, in this case, it would be fatal to the iceberg drawn by Scarrott, because it shows that its mbad extends in this direction".

The result was tragic and is the one everyone knows: the sinking of what was the largest ship in the world and in which 1,500 people lost their lives.

"The Titanic did the right thing, which turned out to be a terrible mistake. He stated that he had made good sailor business, obeyed the restriction and applied the standard procedure to avoid a frontal collision, "wrote the author.

"Under these conditions, it becomes unfortunate that the millennium practice is an active threat because of the presentation of the iceberg."

"If the Titanic had been chosen to settle immediately at the port, he would probably have escaped. But they would have broken a rooted rule ", it ends.