So what DID cause the liner to hit the rocks? Human error, electrical failure and uncharted obstruction are all theories to be investigated

There's a scene in the disaster movie The Towering Inferno in which Steve McQueen’s fire chief rails against architects for building office blocks higher and higher with scant regard for public safety.

So what would he have made of the gigantic, floating hotels that pass for modern cruise liners? In the past decade, the size of the passenger ships cruising the world’s oceans has doubled.

The biggest of these monsters weigh more than 225,000 tons and carry more than 6,000 passengers.    Read Here