[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

I find it hard to imagine knowing all the boat skippers and professional pilots I've been around. That of all the high tech gadgetry and other professionals, co-pilots, navigators, etc. a ship holding 4000 lives could come flying toward shore too fast and simply turn too late.

If (as some suggest) the Captain was involved (with a BJ?) and no other officer or crew was at the ready to take over as a matter of standard operation, what if the old boy dosed off or had a heart attack? It simply doesn't add up.

[RikaStrom]

If (as some suggest) the Captain was involved (with a BJ?) and no other officer or crew was at the ready to take over as a matter of standard operation, what if the old boy dosed off or had a heart attack? It simply doesn't add up.

Last night, the Captain had said in deposition that he was doing the course change by eye, not using the instruments, as he had done it 4 or 5 times in the past and he knew those waters well. Then he said he left the turn order too late and he doesn't know why that happened. I was just shaking my head.

[TalBlack]

“It simply doesn’t add up. “

Exactly. My first thought upon hearing of the incident was: “HOW!?” You can program alarms with respect to the ships position at any given time, assuming the GPS is functional. I understand nothing about this incident.