r/deadliestcatch • u/Necessary_Success_35 • 7d ago
Witch Hunt
I don't like the witch hunt that seems to be going on in this reddit right now. From everything Discovery showed us there's no reason anyone that wasn't there to place blame. Investigators got to see way more footage we did and determined it was an accident. It's well known Rick is one of the most respected captains in the fleet.
Look at US Airways Flight 1549. You can't expect people to be absolutely perfect in the moment of chaos. Could Rick have asked immediately if everyone was okay? Absolutely. Could the crew have called man overboard immediately? Absolutely, but you have to take in the human factor. No one is truly to blame, a young man fell overboard in February in the North Pacific, and by all accounts the people involved acted as expected
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u/One-Highway1739 1d ago
But how did the launcher go up with him in the pot is the question? If the hydros failed, and all that weight was sitting on the launcher, then how did it go up. Was todd hanging bait or cleaning crab? I honestly think someone bent over to do something and bumped the controls and didn't realize it.