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Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke

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499 points perihelions | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 06:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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adverbly ◴[20 Nov 24 18:33 UTC] No.42196815[source]▶
Should be very easy to verify if this was the cause.

All you have to do at this point is go look at the cable near the crossings.

If there is evidence of an anchor hitting the cables in both of these locations then you've got pretty clear proof.

Someone should obviously be checking into this right now. No point speculating until it's confirmed really.

I guess you might still want to board just to find out weather there is any evidence of intent rather than negligence in the case that this is confirmed to be the cause...

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1. ActionHank ◴[20 Nov 24 18:41 UTC] No.42196873[source]▶
At best fall guy captain will claim ignorance, malfunction, or negligence. Retire or move to some cushy job.

No one will want to implicate China in something that would support Russia's war and would all be afraid of the economic fallout.

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2. Etheryte ◴[20 Nov 24 21:36 UTC] No.42198357[source]▶
This is not how ship registration works. A useful model is to think of a ship's flag like a tld, just because a site is .cn doesn't mean the company is based out of China. Ships usually fly one flag or another based on tax and legislative reasons, and it's often unrelated to the country of origin.

The ship suspected of breaking the cables has been apprehended and it turns out it was currently sailing from Russia with a Russian captain [0].

[0] https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1859132263746744367