With a squall bearing down, the captain and crew abandon ship, leaving 800 religious pilgrims to their deaths. |
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Look down the road, and knew this stuff was unfixable, and would rather abandon ship now than resign in shame in two years. |
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Submarines were supposed to surface and give crews time to abandon ship before sinking their vessels. |
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A petrol explosion saw the engine room engulfed in flames and the crew abandon ship. |
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He directed them to abandon ship and to board life rafts in the 25-foot seas. |
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If they choose to abandon ship during that period, most headhunters will provide a replacement service free of charge. |
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For an hour her crew fought to save her before the order was given to abandon ship. |
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Realising the supposedly unsinkable Titanic was doomed, Andrews insisted that the order to abandon ship be given. |
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It seems that after the engines had been put out of action, the captain called everyone on deck and told them to abandon ship. |
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Media bosses, by contrast, seem not to be able to abandon ship quickly enough. |
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A fire in the engine-room spread to the hold, causing the crew to abandon ship. |
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Sir, get your dinghy launched and prepare to abandon ship if your boat is sinking. |
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The men had no radio, lifejackets or lifebelts, and had been unable to abandon ship or attract attention to their plight. |
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All the ferry's passengers and crew had been ordered to put on life jackets and prepare to abandon ship. |
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Immediately men began to abandon ship, jumping over the side to the Carley floats and any available debris. |
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The order was given to abandon ship, and she broke in two and sank shortly after. |
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By 3 a.m., the entire crew was mustered on deck near the starboard lifeboats preparing to abandon ship. |
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Similarly, were the vessel to have developed a leak, there normally would be time to transmit a distress message or abandon ship. |
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The resultant fire forced the ship's company to abandon ship. |
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Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia. |
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Ultimately, it took more than an hour for Schettino to give the order to abandon ship. |
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Each member of the crew shall participate in at least one abandon ship drill and one fire drill every month. |
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The reason is that as soon as a candidate slips into an irrecoverable third place, his or her supporters start to abandon ship. |
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Evacuation chutes and life rafts are tested as crew and 'passengers' abandon ship. |
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As the air drop was being carried out, the situation was considered critical and the decision was made to abandon ship. |
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This shipboard training helps ensure that the crew will be able to abandon ship successfully in an emergency. |
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Meanwhile, the vessel's stern began to pound on the bottom, forcing the other crew members to abandon ship a short time later. |
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In the event of a fire on board, unless it was a major explosion, there normally would be time to transmit a distress call or to abandon ship. |
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The fire spread throughout the entire vessel and the crew had to abandon ship. |
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As soon as it becomes clear that the flooding cannot be controlled, the crew must prepare to abandon ship. |
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Early detection allows more time to prepare to abandon ship, thereby increasing the crew's chances of survival. |
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The men were fishing on the Bras D'Or Lakes Saturday evening when their boat caught fire, causing them to abandon ship. |
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Also posted on board was an abandon ship list-again describing the signal for the abandon ship order and then assigning duties to each position. |
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After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms. |
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The order was given to abandon ship and the lifeboats were launched. |
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Many Britons are choosing to abandon ship in search of sunnier climates. |
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By 5pm that day, after Mayday calls went unanswered, they were forced to abandon ship, torching the wheelhouse as a last-ditch smoke signal and praying it would be seen. |
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Yet workers face the possibility of having to abandon ship on short notice if it collides with other vessels or runs aground. |
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Shortly before 1113, the master gave the order to abandon ship, but as the 3 crew members left the wheelhouse, the vessel began to roll to starboard. |
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Often when the vessel sinks, the crew is forced to abandon ship. |
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To marriage, and all those who abandon ship. |
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When, on March 17, Petrichenko and the PRC tried to enforce the officers' decision that the crews of the Petropavlovsk and Sevastopol abandon ship, blow up their artillery and flee to Finland, this was the last straw. |
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A new research initiative underway at NRC facilities in St. John's, Newfoundland, aims to help people survive when forced to abandon ship in cold waters. |
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The absence of additional crew members compromised the master's ability to take appropriate, timely, and effective action against the water ingress in the under-deck compartments and to abandon ship safely. |
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Each lifeboat shall be launched with its assigned operating crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water at least once every three months during an abandon ship drill. |
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Even in instances where ingress cannot be stopped or controlled, early detection allows more time to prepare to abandon ship, thereby increasing a crew's chances of survival. |
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During the battle, he steadfastly remained at his post in the wardroom tending the wounded until the order to abandon ship was finally given. |
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If people are pessimistic in their guessing, they may think things are worse than they actually are and they may be more inclined to abandon ship, leaving you in a more precarious situation. |
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Not long afterwards, the captain ordered the crew to abandon ship into one of the lifeboats. |
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The San Diego sank so quickly that the men for the most part were unable to disarm or abandon ship. |
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On 26 May 1999, the passenger vessel Sun Vista experienced a switchboard fire while transiting Malacca Strait, forcing all passengers and crew to abandon ship. |
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Monday evening the pirates ordered them to abandon ship and put them in a life raft, which was found drifting in the Celebes Sea at the time of rescue, Balutan said. |
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