Titanic tragedy could have been prevented?

08.12.2011 [11:54]
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Baku, December 8 (AZERTAC). Nearly a century after the sinking of the Titanic, a new study claims that an officer in charge on the bridge could have prevented the tragedy had he acted timely on a warning seconds before the ship struck an iceberg.

Had First Officer William Murdoch taken action immediately, the liner and 1,496 lives might well have been saved, the Sunday Telegraph today quoted a new study as saying.

When the officer in charge of the ship on the fateful night was warned that an iceberg had been spotted in its path, he waited a crucial half-minute before changing course, it said.

The finding comes from major new study to coincide with the centenary of the Titanic disaster next year. After setting sail for New York City on April 10, 1912 with 2,223 people on board, the Titanic hit an iceberg four days into the crossing.

Investigators have reappraised the original 1912 Wreck Commission inquiry in the light of all the research and evidence that has emerged since.

Titanic tragedy could have been prevented?

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