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The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) examines and investigates all types of marine accidents to or on board UK ships worldwide, and other ships in UK territorial waters.
MAIB Accident Investigation Report and Safety Flyer
RMS Queen Mary 2
Published 22 December 2011
Key issues:
- Explosion in the machinery space was triggered by the failure of a large capacitor within a 11kV passive harmonic filter
- The protection system for the harmonic filter did not work
- Vessel blacked out and was without steering or propulsion for 30 minutes. There were 3823 people on board at the time of the accident
- The investigation identified that there is a need to improve the awareness of the potential risks of high voltage harmonic distortion and arc flash.
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