Thanks for the ping, mad_as_he$$.
I hope it isn’t related to sex or drugs. The simple incompetence (as it appears to be) is terrible enough, but if the other things are involved, that is going to make my head explode.
My first thought is that is isn’t, because it is less likely than simple incompetence and human error.
The concept that two of the crew would have left the bridge to have a quickie in a nearby head is beyond belief and inconceivable to me. I will have to be convinced. But one has to admit, it is more possible than any kind of silly hacking theory.
And I have, over the course of my life, come to realize that sex can cause people to do things they never would otherwise do. People with positions of power, positions of high pay, positions of influence, with a lot going for them, have been bought low by the primitive sexual drive...so I don’t even rule that out.
But it is not at the top of my list of causes at this time.
I'm re-posting here my
DATA-based response on another thread to the ACX Crystal Captain's so-called, "report":
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"The container ship steered hard to starboard (right) to avoid the warship, but hit the Fitzgerald 10 minutes later at 1:30 a.m., according to a copy of Captain Ronald Advincula's report"
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TXnMA:
"MOOSAKE!!!"*
Here's the AIS data:
For at least seven minutes after his '10 minutes before collision', the ACX Crystal maintained its 70-degree course -- and, then, only diverted 12 degrees. That's "hard to starboard" -- for ten minutes???
If "Captain Ronald Advincula" put such a whopping big lie re his conning of the ACX Crystal in his report, why should anyone believe this?
"...the cargo ship's captain said the ACX Crystal had signalled with flashing lights after the Fitzgerald "suddenly" steamed on to a course to cross its path."
Why, indeed????
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("MOOSAKE"": Intoxicating drink made from milk. -- pronounced, "Moose-Hockey"...)