Quote (SwamiVivekananda @ Mar 28 2024 05:59pm)
In my opinion very unlikely. From the comments I've seen from maritime experts the reason they have a large crew is to negate that incompetence with rigorous checks that happen DAYS prior to leaving the dock and then the crew itself is constantly going around the vessel 24/7 in shifts so there's no, "The captain fell asleep and no one was paying attention" or "Some terrorist/state actor/deranged crew member tries to "take control of the ship and crash it they'd have to kill 15-20 people".
This incident happened basically right when it left the dock so I doubt they "forgot to check something" when they are going on a month++ journey across open ocean it's really odd.
These are skippers and navy folk who I've seen comment on the oddities I mentioned above. I personally know very little on this subject.
If that were the case then the person who "stepped/applied" on the gas literally "spun the wheel" in the totally wrong direction and don't get me wrong in a split second maybe that was the incompetence but I've yet to hear crew members talk about it which is odd as well.
There was 4 minutes of emergency activity on that boat from power out to bridge hit. If nothing was done, it would have cleared the bridge as it was already in motion in center of channel from what I have read.
My thought is the actions taken by crew after the power outage caused the ship to hit. Could have been combination of emergency anchor drop and back down and reverse of propulsion. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. I think it was incompetence of the crew not thinking through the emergency actions they took. When ship lost speed and likely anchor dragged, she took a new course into bridge. IMO, they should have waited til clear bridge to do those things given their course was good.
The systems totally going out is really weird though.