We have to wait for the results of the various trials and inquiries that will take place. However, I can say that the authorities definitely seem to have decided that the main blame lies with the captain. There is a suspicion that he was drunk; there is an incredible recording of the harbour authorities ORDERING him - repeatedly - to return to his ship, and him ignoring what was both a legal command and a demand that he should perform his duty. He has already been charged with multiple manslaughter, desertion of duty, and abandonment of persons in danger. What seems to have happened is that he had deliberately abandoned the established route in order to show off to some friend or friend on the island; that he had already done this at least once before, with no ill effects (but in grave breach of his duties); but that this time (and this is where the suspicion that he was drunk comes in) he not only drove the ship straight at the bare rock, but did so with such power as to rip both hulls and make mincemeat of the various security arrangements. You can have the most fantastic security arrangements in the world, but if a man deliberately does the wrong thing they may not be enough.
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