>>54726715Captain tried to veer around the iceberg rather than hit it head on. The ship was built to take substantial damage, but in a single place -- the many hulls were supposed to allow one section to flood while the rest of the ship stayed afloat. Instead, he veered at the last second, allowing the iceberg to drag along the side of the ship, flooding dozens of compartments. Add in a healthy dose of inept guidance from crew members and a simple failure to provide enough safety equipment in the first place, and you end up with a bunch of dead people.
If he'd just stayed on course and slammed the iceberg, he could have limped into New York without problem.
