Finally: Somebody asking all the questions reverberating in my head.
Interestingly, watch 4:57-5:15. It’s sped up video of the moments leading up to the collision.
That video demonstrates a rudder movement caused the ship to run headlong into the bridge support...NOT ‘drifted’.
A marine engineer explained the situation including how the ship moved due to its single screw being reversed during one of the power restorations.
The ship doesn’t back in a straight line.
What’s interesting is that there appear to be two abrupt changes in direction - one taking place when power was initially lost (approx. 4 minutes before impact), and the other when power returned. The latter change in course can clearly be seen in the video from that night. It’s hard to see an earlier course change taking place at the time the ship loses power, so I’m only going by the chart Zach shows at 8:10 of his own video. But if this is accurate, it’s highly suspicious.
It’s almost as if the power was cut just after a sharp course change was made to point the ship into the general direction of the bridge pillar, with the power being cut off in order to blame the crash on drifting. But then the power returns about 2 minutes later, allowing the ship to make a final adjustment to ensure that it hits the pillar.