Does anyone think it is not an accident but a grounding on purpose to block the Canal ?
The thought had occurred to me, but as others have said I feel it's unlikely because of the lack of any claim of responsibility and, as has been pointed out, too many widely differing interests would be affected. There's also been relatively lower than normal tensions in the region recently, so there isn't that much of a m,otive for anyone either at present.
I don't believe the "gust of wind" excuse either as no other vessel was affected.
Yesterday they were blaming a steering gear failure, but two things count against that:
1) Nobody in their right mind would attempt to enter the canal unassisted if they had any dounts about the ability of their vessel to hold a course.
2) The vessel had enough control prior to entering the canal to be able to quite neatly draw rather rude images on the tracking traces.
Topic: Accidents and mishaps at sea (Read 126225 times)