What the history saw on board Titanic is no more any reality now because the chivalry that was shown at sea at that time was an ultimate exception with the incidence reporting a higher number of women and children surviving than men (with three women on one men).
Now, the people follow a single rule saying, “It's everyone for themselves on a sinking ship”. Yes, the new research has proved that the unwritten maritime law suggesting evacuation of women and children first from a sinking ship than men is no more a choice of people.
The findings have been brought by Swedish researchers, who claim that the former was a history and now the maritime disasters report more women fare than men. Worst hit are the children, who have the lowest survival rate among all.
Published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research confirmed that analysis of 18 maritime disasters over three centuries including 15,000 passengers and crew from more than 30 countries showed that more of crew members survive the disasters than passengers. Also not many captains perform their job till the end and go down with their ships.
The above research has been done by the researchers from Uppsala University and The Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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