Cruise ship in greece?

Question

OK, what is with that cruise ship in Greece that hit the rock underwater? I read the "rock" was the top of a dormant volcano just under the water. I also read that the bottom of the ocean is 600 feet deep. Wow.

OK, questions:

1. Don't expensive ships have all kinds of devices today that tell you when something is in the way? Sonar, radar, gps, sirens, horns, talking computers? NOTHING gave any warning??

2. Since that "rock under water" was there for a loonnnggg time, all the things on the ship that warn you; ROCK AHEAD, must have remembered the "rock-ahead."

3. This ship sank like the Titanic. I thought we built ships, SINCE THEN, to make them sink-proof. Especially costing THAT much money!!

I guess not!!

Answer 1

That is why they are called Accidents.,.

Answer 2

In answer to question one and two, the cruise ship probably did have technology to warn of objects in the path of the ship. This technology probably did warn of the underwater dormant volcano. It is suspected that the captain and officers purposely ignored these warnings, and kept to the same path. The captain and officers are now being charged with ignoring safety warnings and endangering the lives of their passengers. In answer to question number three, no ship is completely sink proof. Advances in engineering and technology have made it less probable for a ship to sink. But the possibility is still there. Any ship that filled with water would be pulled down, and eventually, sink. I hope this answers all of your questions.

Answer 3

they  do  have   depth   radars   it   was  marked  on  charts  the  captain   went  closer  they  say  so  the   passengers   to  take  pictures  of  the  houses  on  the  rocks..

Answer 4

well obviously something went wrong either with the equipment or the crew.  the chance of something like that happening again is like one in ten-thousand.