HMS Scylla Wreck Penetration Tragedy: Two Perspectives on Learning

HMS Scylla Wreck Penetration Tragedy: Two Perspectives on Learning

HMS Scylla Wreck Penetration Tragedy: Two Perspectives on LearningGareth Lock
Published on: 11/03/2026

Two divers died penetrating HMS Scylla's engine room. This LEODSI analysis contrasts blame-focused social media narratives with systems thinking, revealing how experience, time pressure, and environmental assumptions interacted to produce tragedy—not individual failure but systemic factors needing improvement.

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The Tower Was Already Full of Holes

The Tower Was Already Full of Holes

The Tower Was Already Full of HolesGareth Lock
Published on: 03/03/2026

When diving incidents occur, we blame the last person to touch the tower. But the holes were already there. Real learning comes from asking "how did it make sense?" not "who's to blame?" Systems thinking changes everything. Be better than yesterday.

THD-EnglishTHD-Safety & Risk Management
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