A 240 foot freighter ran into an offshore wind turbine in the German North Sea at 9 knots with the autopilot still steering, and two separate alarm systems stayed silent while it happened

Just after eight in the evening a turbine stands in the dark off the German coast, doing what it does. A small cargo ship is coming toward it at nine knots, holding a steady course. The bridge is lit. The autopilot is engaged. Nobody alters anything. The ship crosses the boundary of a marked exclusion zone ... Read more