From, “So what DID cause the liner to hit the rocks? Human error, electrical failure and uncharted obstruction are all theories to be investigated,” by David Derbyshire, The Daily Mall (UK) online, 1/15/12:
“Even the Costa Concordia is no minnow. As the 26th largest passenger ship in the world, its 13 passenger decks are stacked on a vessel nearly 1,000 ft long and 100ft high above the water. When it set sail from Italy on Friday, it resembled a floating office block, rather than a conventional ship.”
Minnow: a very small fish
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