At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... A series of human errors caused a New Zealand navy ship to plough into a reef off the coast of Samoa, where it caught fire ...
The crew of the HMNZS Manawanui didn't realise autopilot was engaged as it crashed into a Samoan reef, a military Court of Inquiry has found. New Zealand's worst peacetime maritime accident ...
The ship was one of only nine in New Zealand’s navy and was the first the country lost at sea since World War II. Officials did not know the cause of the sinking at the time, and Chief of Navy ...