WHAT WENT WRONG

• MINDSET

  • INVESTIGATING OFFICER QUOTE: “I DISCOVERED A STRONG PARADIGM ON BOARD USS SEATTLE THAT THE DELIVERY SHIP... MAINTAINS STRICT COURSE, AND THUS THE RECEIVING SHIP...CAUSES ANY OPENING OR CLOSURE DURING RAS. UNTIL FACED WITH OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT USS SEATTLE HAD TURNED LEFT INTO USS WASP, THE BRIDGE TEAM, INCLUDING THE CO AND XO, BELIEVED USS WASP HAD TURNED RIGHT AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLISION.”

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IS THIS COMPLACENCY OR OVER CONFIDENCE?