18 Live look at Evergreen container ship trying to get unstuck from the Suez Canal (twitter.com) posted 22 days ago by Winged_Splinter 22 days ago by Winged_Splinter +19 / -1 5 comments share 5 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (5) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 4 ▼ – sustainable_saltmine 4 points 22 days ago +4 / -0 how do you get stuck sideways in a canal? there's no space for you to get turned sideways permalink save report block reply ▲ 4 ▼ – AE1989 4 points 22 days ago +4 / -0 Female captain permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – Winged_Splinter [S] 2 points 22 days ago +2 / -0 From what I understand, they were caught in a sandstorm and the bulbous bow got stuck. I'm guessing that the wind+current wedged it into the canal. But, I'm not a boat captain, so I'm not positive. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 0 ▼ – deleted 0 points 22 days ago +3 / -3
how do you get stuck sideways in a canal? there's no space for you to get turned sideways
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From what I understand, they were caught in a sandstorm and the bulbous bow got stuck. I'm guessing that the wind+current wedged it into the canal. But, I'm not a boat captain, so I'm not positive.