It should be emphasized that the aforementioned evidence and testimonies emerge, almost all of them, one in line with the other, with no significant differences between them.
The Ottoman Settlement [Old Version] 1916
- 12-34-56-78 Chekhov v. State of Israel, P.D. 51 (2)The ship arrived at the port of Ashdod for the purpose of loading it in the morning hours of the day in question.
- In order to navigate to the docking point, a team from IEC, headed by Corporal Gidron, boarded the ship, with the latter serving as both a 'router' and a 'loading master', and more on this will be expanded. AT AROUND 11:30 A.M., CORPORAL GIDRON AND THE SHIP'S FIRST OFFICER SIGNED A DOCUMENT CALLED "SHIP SHORE SAFETY CHECK LIST" (EXHIBIT 1 - WHICH THE PARTIES CALLED "CHECK LIST", AND IT WILL ALSO BE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER), WHICH WE WILL REFER TO LATER.
The aforementioned crew steered the ship towards the link owned by IEC, where the ship was tied up and held in order to connect it to the fuel pipeline.
- In order to understand the events of that day, it is important to present the manner in which the ship was tied up, as appears from the following tie-up diagram, which is found, inter alia, in the investigation of the incident N/7:
- As you can see in the diagram above, the ship was tied to two anchors marked 5 and 6 on the diagram.
In addition, it was tied to four buoys (1 to 4 in the diagram), where it was tied to buoys 1 to 3 by both cables (originating from the port) and ropes (originating from the ship), while to buoy No. 4 it was tied by cable. There is no dispute that the ship was anchored and securely anchored to its place.
In the diagram above, you can also see the pipeline through which the fuel was pumped to the belly of the ship.
- Moved from NevoShortly after noon, the flow of fuel to the ship began.
- At noon, the wind began to increase, and at 5:00 p.m. it reached a speed of between 25 and 27 knots (see Gidron report and the ship's incident report), with the wind changing to a northerly direction (as illustrated in the diagram above).
According to the Gidron report (conducted on October 12,2015), at 5:00 P.M., when the wind increased, "cable No. 1 was released about 5 meters since the winch stop did not hold the voltage, at this point we stopped charging."