[MindBender26]

More when known

[crazyhorse691]

I thought all those big modern cruise ships had stabilizers to keep the landlubbers from getting overly seasick? Those alone would pretty much make sharp turns impossible(I think I have just exhausted my entire knowledge of cruise ships in 2 sentences).

[Truthsearcher]

This article contradicts itself.

If it's true that "More than one marine architect thinks it’s just a matter of time until one capsizes."

They why does one need to attribute what happened to sabotage?

[LdSentinal]

Depends. Did Ken Lay do this?

[Interesting Times]

Ping.

[Mase]

was there a radical Moslem at the wheel and did he try to capsize the Crown Princess and thereby take 3000 infidels to the bottom with her?

No, this was just Carnival Cruise Lines operating like they normally do. Princess used to be a pretty good company. Now that they're owned by Carnival, they've become just another Greyhound bus on the sea.

[takenoprisoner]

Big ships like this one can't make radical abrupt turns. It takes much effort to even begin to turn a ship like this. It's not a formula car for cryin out loud. This explanation is BS.

[NRA2BFree]

What a great way to guarantee a madly hyper-focused helmsman his 76 virgins!

What, he gets 4 more virgins if he kills Christians and Jews? ;o)

[FReepaholic]

Several inaccuracies in this article:

...The 3000 passenger 22-knot floating hotel "Crown Princess" was 11 miles south of Port Canaveral, heading out on a Western Caribbean cruise ...

It had completed the Western Caribbean cruise and was heading to Brooklyn.

...the ship was launched in 2003...

It was launched in 2006.

[gotribe]

Did you short the cruise lines today?

[XR7]

Click:

[Gone GF]

I'm looking into the mysterious deaths in Disney rides, particularly the Rock n Roller Coaster. I can't think of a more nefarious way to rent the very fabric of Amercan society than by fostering doubt about one of our great rock and roll icons. It's horrifying. I'm not sure how these fiendish devils came up with it.

[Quix]

Sounds like a situation desperate for investigation done in full broad daylight with complete disclosure.

[Doctor Raoul]

What's the metacentric height on one of those?

[Interesting Times]

Here are a couple of news reports:

ABC News

WESH (has some info on the investigation)

[RFC_Gal]

It was most likely a software error in the computer controls for one or more interlinked ships systems.

[Hildy]

Everyday cruise liners are sailing the seas...the amount of accidents are miniscule. Let's all become hysterical now...it's what we do best.

[Drango]

Psssssssst....There are several reports that black helicopters made the ship tilt. Pass it on.

[Cobra64]

My hypothesis is that a combination of the horizontal stabilizers in the ballast, along with a sharp turn would create a compound reaction which would cause a severe list.

Are there any NAVY guys here that could make some phone calls?

[kms61]

If you want to cause mass casualties on a cruise ship, seems like there would be a lot more reliable ways to do it than cranking the wheel over. I'm not going to mention them, but anybody with a little imagination can no doubt think of several.