WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa have been ...

New Zealand Navy Ship Sank Due to 'Series of Human Errors', Inquiry Says SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel that ran aground and sank off the coast of Samoa last year was doomed by ...

Crew of New Zealand navy ship that sank off Samoa lacked training and experience, inquiry finds - A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ...

SYDNEY, April 4 (Reuters) - A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel that ran aground and ... risks related to the survey task carried out by the ship and that the supervision was not adequate.

qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa have been identified by a military Court of Inquiry in a ...

FILE - In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6.