A maritime historian says a lack of training and expertise with the HMNZS Manawanui’s autopilot and propulsion systems caused ...

HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error, an interim Court of Inquiry report ...

A New Zealand Defence Force Court of Inquiry found that crew error caused the Royal New Zealand Navy hydrographic dive and ...

One of New Zealand's navy ships struck a reef and sank after it was left on autopilot, an official inquiry has found. The ...

A New Zealand navy ship sank off Samoa because the crew did not realize its autopilot was still turned on before it ran ...

The interim report from New Zealand Court of Inquiry has revealed that human error led to the grounding and sinking of HMNZS ...

The HMNZS Manawanui was the first ship New Zealand lost since World War II, and was one of nine ships in the country's small ...

The New Zealand Defence Force contracted ocean-going tug and barge, being used to remove the fuel and other pollutants from ...

Human errors, like the one that led to the sinking of the Navy ship off Samoa, are understandable, an official involved in ...

A military investigation has found series of human errors caused a New Zealand navy ship to plough into a Samoan reef and ...

After an interim report found the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui was because of human error, Samoans say they are still ...

A New Zealand naval ship that sank after smashing into a coral reef in the South Pacific was left on autopilot, an inquiry ...