More than two thirds of our planet takes the ocean.In ancient times mankind complicated relationship with him.The desire to dominate, to feel like a conqueror too often turns into a sad and unforeseen consequences.
example of offensive and aggressive attitude to the aquatic environment can serve as the Aral Sea.The accident happened in the sixties, half a century ago it occupied the fourth place among the largest closed water bodies after Victoria, the Great Lakes region and the Caspian Sea, its shores were working two ports, manufactures industrial fishing and vacationing tourists on the beaches.Today, unfortunately, this prosperity reminiscent keels lying helplessly on the sand court.The victory is the end of the relationship with an aqueous medium called the language somehow does not turn.
Ocean severe it is, and cruel.Accidents at sea occurred since the teams first ships ventured to go on a long and dangerous journey.Even experienced sailors know that luck is fickle, and therefore often believe in omens, and are superstitious.
By the number of the victims of the sea inferior road traffic, railway and air transport, but that they are no less terrible.The death of "Titanic" in 1912 (in 1503 the victim), the liner "Empress of-Ayrlend" in 1914 (1012 victims), pleasure steamer "Eastland" (more than 1,300 victims), the ferry "Randas" in 1947 (625 dead)ferries "Taiping" and "Jin-Yuan" in 1949 (more than 1,500 had gone to the bottom) - that's a short list of only the first half of the XX century.
Later happened and other disasters at sea, including destruction of nuclear submarine "Thresher" and "Kursk".They caused hundreds of casualties.
Over the past three decades, the water took sixteen of large tourist boats.For reasons of technical faults, due to errors, and sometimes neglect important safety rules killed the ferry "Estonia", "Costa Concordia".
particularly shocking disaster in the Black Sea, which is considered to be shallow and relatively safe.Mysterious explosion in peacetime on the battleship "Novorossiysk" in 1955, which killed 614 Soviet sailors, collision with cargo vessel "Peter Vasev" ship "Admiral Nakhimov" (423 dead) comparable to those at death under Nazi bombs transport "Lenin" or torpedoedSoviet boat of the German ship "Goya" in 1945.
experienced sailors believe the worst of all possible causes of the crash of the sea, as paradoxical as it sounds, the fire.It seems that the fire easily repay, when there is so much water, but it is not.In 1967, aboard the aircraft carrier "James Forrestal" there was a spontaneous launch of class "air-to-air."Lit planes ready for combat missions, fire brigade proceeded to extinguish, but the self-igniting ammunition before the envisaged regulations.From punched tanks drip burning kerosene, which the sailors were trying to put out the seawater.Since the cause of the fire trained sailors died in the explosion, the survivors did not know that this can not be done.As a result of burning fuel it has penetrated into the cockpit where the crew slept.
Will the list of those Taken by the Sea?How great will be the loss of the XXI century?While we do not know.It is known only that the mistakes and carelessness ocean does not forgive.
