The Titanic disaster was largest passenger steamship in the world. In 1912, the

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The Titanic disaster was largest passenger steamship in the world. In 1912, the ship hit an iceberg and 1,517 lives were lost. In 1997 this tragic disaster was memorialized in the award winning film, “The Titanic”.

View the video clip on Root Case Analysis (9:07) and follow the process as the consultant goes deeper into the causes of this disaster.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVeO5_0qD0. In your opinion, why would it not be sufficient to be satisfied with the simple cause? Why was the deeper search as to the cause necessary?  

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Titanis is one of the huge disaster happened ever in sea resulted in a massive casualities of 1,517 lives. The reason for the incident cannot be explained with one reason. There are multiple cause and effect becuase of the impact of it, By analysing through detailed reveiw on risk assesment ,it is clear the there were major, mid and minor cause for the problem.

1. Steel plate had a hull bend, which shows that strenght factor of steel used for Titanic was not that good

2. The ship hit on an iceberg which results in creating a big hole in the steel base structure.

3.Lack of proper safety goals results in 1000+ casualities

4. No proper risk assesment was done before the sailing of ship

Through a deep dive analysis on the cause and effect of this incident it is clear that we could identify the proper reason which finally ended up in this critical condition.Deeper research help in

Such detailed risk assesment or analysis helps in developing a contingent plan properly and avoids the future mishaps on the same cause.

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