Description of Incident
While a platform supply vessel was on passage through heavy seas, a large wave hit the vessel and a side scuttle (porthole) in one of the cabins broke loose from its frame, and was violently propelled across the cabin. A crew member sleeping in the cabin at the time was awakened by the impact and ingress of cold water. Personal effects were destroyed and significant repairs were required to the cabin and the scuttle.
Our member notes that under slightly different circumstances the incident could easily have been a fatality, had someone been in the line of fire of the glass pane, frame, and screw heads. The weight of the glass pane was over 6kg and it was projected over 3m by the pressure of air and water.
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