Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
At first blush, running aground sounds like an inexcusable error on the part of the crew.

According to Washington Post article, the crew did not give good evacuation instructions, didn't lower some of the lifeboats until the ship was listing too much for them to be lowered, and no evacuation drills were held. That is POSITIVELY inexcusable. I'll go with criminally irresponsible. According to CNN the captain is under arrest.

The cruise line had another fatal accident in 2010. I wouldn't cruise with them.


Well, I'm glad that I'm not being tried by you frown A previous accident is not prima facia proof of guilt.

At this point I would ask the membership to refrain from drawing over hasty conclusions. We just do not know at present.

Was it neligence? Perhaps.
Or equipment failure? Let me give you this possibility: The Solar Maxima has thrown the GPS positioning signal. Actual position was 100m to starboard of position shown on bridge. That is somewhat less than the length of the ship.

We do not know. Yet.
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