On Nov 12, 2:42*pm, Ignoramus4438
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Splendor

According to Wikipedia, the fire occurred because "crankcase split". I
have to wonder what happened exactly, how could the crankcase split,
and if it did split, it must have been a massive oil leak.

No idea what sort of engines it has, the last one I was on had 8
diesels driving alternators...ran engines according to power demand,
spread hours over a large number of units so the major maintenance
timedown would be minimised etc etc.

I suspect "something broke" and a flying bit of "something" hit
something vital with disastrous consequences.......oil line, hydraulic
line, chief engineers Zippo lighter, who knows....

Andrew VK3BFA