When second officer Charles Lightoller took his new position on the Titanic, he neglected to ask his predecessor for the keys to the locker where the binoculars were stored. On the fateful night, a lookout spotted the iceberg with his naked eyes. The ships engines were immediately stopped and the ship attempted to evade the obstacle, but there had not been enough warning time and the rest is history. The lookout later confirmed that if he had had some binoculars, he would have spotted the iceberg with plenty of time to avoid it.
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