this is standard operating procedure. You run your ship aground, you lose command of the ship. A guy I know was on a ship in Bermuda in the 1960’s that ran aground on a reef and they had to wait until a new captain could be flown in to sail away from the island.
A Greek cruise ship ran aground off Nantucket a few years ago, in clear weather at night. The passengers were evacuated by boat and crew was interviewed on local TV news. The officer on watch at the time of the grounding complained that he was watching TV at the time and for some reason the cable to GPS antenna was loose and the ship steered itself on to the beach.
The Coast Guard’s Captain of the Port of Boston, sent a prize crew by helicopter and ordered the officers off the ship, taking control of it. (Whether or not he cleared it with higher ups, I know not.) He was interviewed on local TV, saying that you cannot depend on electronic navigation and you “need to look out the window”.
I’m sure this case was different. Message is the same, you cannot depend electronic navigation. Or subordinates.