“He was a national-level table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the national table tennis championship in cadet division at Vijayawada in 2009.”
Kshitij Bisht, who was born on June 4, 1997, was thrilled about a prospective sailing career. With dreams to explore the world, Kshitij left to London on March 24th to join his first ship MSC Dalma.
His facebook status says:
“ Future Captain in MSC and love travelling and love playing table tennis”
He was so thrilled about his career in shipping.His passion to see the world was about to come true. After reaching London he was mesmerized with the beauty of that city.It was like his dream came true. He even posted some beautiful pics from London on 24th march 2017.
Unfortunately that beautiful picture became his last facebook post. His all dreams shattered just after 2 days joining his first ever vessel.
In a tragic accident, while walking down a narrow vertical ladder to investigate a bilge alarm, he slipped and fell in the cargo hold. He succumbed to injuries even before some help could reach him.
His death has plunged the family in deep sorrow. They are unable to believe the news.
"He called me and said how happy he was. But now suddenly, we are informed about his death in a few days," his brother Sagar said.
Police in Brussels are investigating the death.
The family had tweeted to external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj about the incident and asked for a fair probe in the accident.
The family had tweeted to external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj about the incident and asked for a fair probe in the accident.
Marine republic community wants to express condolences to the family who lost their 20 year old son.
The whole incident is the result of sheer negligence and unprofessional behavior of shipboard senior officers, specially Chief Officer. How a cadet, who has joined shipping just a day before could be sent to ship cargo hold? Two days are no way enough to familiarize a person with the ship layout. For a first timer it takes months to get familiar with the ship layout. Container ships are huge and are very high. Bilge alarms are at the bottom of the cargo hold. How a new joiner was asked to go in the cargo hold ? Master and Chief Officer must be held responsible for their unprofessional behavior.
It's a criminal act on his part if he has ordered him to do that. What safety precautions were taken to ensure that a new joiner cadet can go safely in the cargo hold. Was proper lighting provided or was he accompanied by some other familiar person? There are many questions which are needed to be probed. A fair probe is needed, and all responsible officers should be charged with murder.
Duty of Master and Chief officer i also to ensure the safety of ship personnel and provide safe working conditions to the seafarers. In this case it seems Chef officer of the ship was more interested in ragging the new joiner rather than getting the work done. How a fresher can investigate the bilge alarm and know the cause of it? what made chief officer give him such absurd orders? Director general of shipping must take note of it and conduct a fair inquiry so that culprits can be punished.
Duty of Master and Chief officer i also to ensure the safety of ship personnel and provide safe working conditions to the seafarers. In this case it seems Chef officer of the ship was more interested in ragging the new joiner rather than getting the work done. How a fresher can investigate the bilge alarm and know the cause of it? what made chief officer give him such absurd orders? Director general of shipping must take note of it and conduct a fair inquiry so that culprits can be punished.
Note : Pictures shown here r from authentic sources, but Marine Republic doesn't claim it to be actual.
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What comes to my mind after hearing the whole incident is how a freshly joined cadet could be sent to cargo hold during midnight.experienced personnel find it risky to go to cargo hold alone that too for checking alarms as stated.firstly the new guy should be aware of the location of float and then the procedure to test it however simple it may be.it clearly reflects the irresponsible and sense of being superior feeling to account for the death of cadet.maybe many people do the same with juniors and are not accounted bcoz something unfortunate happens.its high time seniors should realise that they should stop harassing forgiving the thinking that they have undergone the same harassment.its evident that the captain and C/O must have learnt a lesson and is a lession for present seniors
ReplyDeletePathetic MSC no better expected out of this company.
ReplyDeleteHow and Why? Hadn't the cadet done his pre sea training? I agree about him not being sent alone. But in the shipping industry, we all undergo so many trainings to keep ourselves safe first and then others, people who can't follow these principles of safety first should quit sailing or not join at all. About the cadet, if he was not aware of the safety procedures, then don't sack the chief officer, shut down the institute where he was trained from. In these institutions where they are supposed to learn about safety and shipboard procedures, they do just time pass, bunking lectures, sleeping in class, dreaming, etc. Don't blame someone else, if you can't keep yourself safe at all times then you are a liability, and you shouldn't be there. Was he wearing a helmet?
ReplyDeleteplease shutup if u dont know the truth ask anyone in TS Rahman or Table Tennis Federation of India or Sports Authority of India who was kshitij . to tell you my brother was topper in TS rahman last year and was best in academics as well as sports and u are pathetic loser just buger off.
Delete@ Mr. Gunner4life, first of all you are talking like nonsense, i dont think you are a sailing staff, First contract 2nd day in ship and he is going alone to check the cargo hold bilge, only indian officer can act like that, because they dont value others life, I himself was chief officer in msc, now Im sailing in another foreign set up company, and realizing how much we lagging behind in terms of safety, I had faces so many incidents in MSC, saw people to die because of seniors negligence, my advice to my juniors please say NO if you thing its unsafe dont care ur future, it will be much better if you say no to wrong practice.
ReplyDeleteThe things to note here are:
ReplyDelete1. Did he have a radio?
2. Was he aware of cargo entry procedures?
3. Did he have the proper training?
4. Was this his first sea phase as a cadet?
The first 2 items is something the ship's officer should be responsible for. Make sure that their staff knows how to approach cargo holds and other spaces. As per the radio, all ships have a form of UHF radios for occasions like this. What if there really was a problem in the hold? How would he let people know?
Proper training from his marine institute would have prepared him to ask questions such as: Is there something dangerous in there? Do I need special equipment? Should I bring a gas detector? Etc...
There are things that you learn during your first sea phase (at least in Canada there are 2 sea phases for Navigation cadets - don't know about the rest of the world) that carry on towards your second. You have a better idea on how ships operate as well as safety standards and procedures. Officers should note that if it was his first sea-phase (meaning first time on a ship even) that he is really not familiar with the operational and safety standards in the industry.
Makes me wonder how people are already pointing fingers without knowing even a 1/4 of the facts.