Dead or on the lamb?

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Also in the article, it mentions that the anchor was down, which in the case of inclement weather, the captain should have raised, along with, lowering the keel (yet to be confirmed), sealing all windows and hatches and assembling the passengers… all precautions that appear to have been disregarded. So, even if he ignored Italy’s Marine weather reports and considering he had been warned about bad weather, specifically by email, it would seem that the sinking was caused by negligence… but that’s for the courts to decide.

I think the Captain/crew were paid off. Seamen take their jobs very seriously - their own lives are at stake as well as the lives of others. Most ships that I've seen are run like a military op. In this case, it appears that literally every single precaution that was supposed to be taken with an approaching storm was completely ignored by not only the Captain and crew but everyone else on the ship. Somehow, I just don't see this happening without incentive. I can see forgetting a single hatch, but hatches, watertight bulkhead doors, the keel, the anchor not being pulled up, ignoring weather warnings and assistance requests from the Italians, no lifejackets, no passenger meeting in the saloon, no effort to inflate a life raft. Literally every single thing the captain and crew were supposed to do to secure the vessel in the face of inclement weather was completely ignored. Just doesn't add up unless everyone was passed out/incapacitated.

Add to that the 7 people who it appears never attempted to leave their cabins? They say exists were blocked. Were the exits blocked before the ship took on water? This series of failures really isn't explainable by "oops, we forgot." The whole series of failures reads like a deliberate, planned event. I can believe crew forgot a thing or two, but 7 or 8 things all at the same time? Nah. Not happening organically anyways. Even total idiots do things correctly some of the time.