1. A Missed Signal Dooms the Titanic
On April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic received multiple iceberg warnings via wireless telegraph. However, the ship’s radio operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride, were preoccupied with transmitting passengers’ personal messages, leading to the oversight of critical alerts. Notably, a warning from the nearby ship Californian, which had stopped due to ice, was dismissed by Phillips, who scolded the Californian for interrupting him. This negligence prevented the Titanic from taking evasive action, culminating in its tragic collision with an iceberg and subsequent sinking. (nationalgeographic.com)
