My late father — a graduate of Kings Point and a former merchant marine and naval officer — would vigorously disagree. Until there has been a full investigation, we cannot be sure what went wrong and the degree to which human mistakes played a role.
I said on another thread that we need to hear what the harbor pilot and the Bay pilot say which will be important. Also the ships maintenance logs as this has evidently happened in an other port with this ship.
Exactly.
The damage control - i.e., gaslighting, from all quarters - is a tell IMHO.