26-year-old licensed officer, says that the steering gear failed causing the rutter to go hard over and her story is backed up by the helmsman. there s a mechanical failure that caused the vessel to list to one side, you can t hold them responsible for the actions. now with regard to the captain go ahead. the captain in my opinion, the captain made a very bad area here. only 30 minutes between the time that the first steering gear failure happened and the time when the deck was tilted to 50 degrees. now, at 50 degrees, it s really not possible for anybody to climb without hand holds or without a place to grip up the deck of a ship and escape. by delaying the passengers and putting on their lifeboats and getting outside, he really caused their death. was this a reasonable action to take? i think perhaps while the ship