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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by cameronperot on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @06:09AM (#26565347)
I believe the cause of the incident here was a blackout [1].

[1] https://gcaptain.com/grounded-mega-ship-blocking-suez-canal-...

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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by speexmex on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @06:40AM (#26565515)
AFP reports gust of wind.

> Early reports speculated the vessel suffered a loss of power, but the ship’s operator, Evergreen Marine Corp, told Agence France-Presse it ran aground after being hit by a gust of wind.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/huge-container...

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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by thirdlamp on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @09:21AM (#26566824)
Judging by the timeline on https://www.myshiptracking.com it looks like something that would be called pilot induced oscillation in aviation. Obviously speculation on my part, could be that loss of power weakened control authority over the ship and it became hard to manoeuvre.

The ship comes around the curve travelling north close to the outside (right, east, starboard) shore then overcorrect to the west shore then overcorrect more gravely to the east again and run aground.

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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by mzs on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @08:54AM (#26566523)
GAC has pulled that claim, they made it here and now it 404s: https://www.gac.com/news--media/hot-port-news/container-ship...
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