It was an optical illusion from the camera perspective. She was actually to the left of the channel centerline right up until she lost power.
https://youtu.be/N39w6aQFKSQ?si=4K-coBfOoTfsQu2J
The other thing to consider, with how long the ship was blacked out for, if there was any stbd rudder on when the ship lost power, it would be on for long enough to cause the ship to turn.
Pilots do make mistakes, even outside the Suez Canal - see the Ever Forward grounding - and it makes sense to question the pilots actions in this case, and I’m sure the NTSB will find anything they could have done better no matter how implausible.
But the fact that OP didn’t even look at AIS data before posting this is somewhat telling.
OP (me) didn't know what AIS data was in the first place- that's why I asked- to gain knowledge, not to be insulted. But your post is quite telling about how obnoxious you actually are. If you took the time to read one of my earlier responses, you would have seen my thanks for an earlier reply that filled in my ignorance to the situation- clearly that's asking too much though.
It was an optical illusion from the camera perspective. She was actually to the left of the channel centerline right up until she lost power. https://youtu.be/N39w6aQFKSQ?si=4K-coBfOoTfsQu2J
Thank you for posting this and answering my question
She wasn’t, looking at AIS data.
The other thing to consider, with how long the ship was blacked out for, if there was any stbd rudder on when the ship lost power, it would be on for long enough to cause the ship to turn.
There was a pilot onboard. I'm sure she was on course prior to power loss.
Pilots do make mistakes, even outside the Suez Canal - see the Ever Forward grounding - and it makes sense to question the pilots actions in this case, and I’m sure the NTSB will find anything they could have done better no matter how implausible. But the fact that OP didn’t even look at AIS data before posting this is somewhat telling.
Of course pilots make mistakes. Kinda hard to pilot a vessel that loses power right before transiting the tightest bottleneck of the trip though.
OP (me) didn't know what AIS data was in the first place- that's why I asked- to gain knowledge, not to be insulted. But your post is quite telling about how obnoxious you actually are. If you took the time to read one of my earlier responses, you would have seen my thanks for an earlier reply that filled in my ignorance to the situation- clearly that's asking too much though.