When Carnival Corporation's Costa Concordia foundered on rocks near the tiny Italian island of Giglio in 2012, the world was aghast that a ship with such sophisticated navigational devices could run aground in an area so highly charted. Surprise turned to anger when subsequent investigations revealed that the fault lay with a captain who was navigating by sight and grandstanding to impress passengers. And anger turned to outrage when courtroom testimony exposed the captain's ubiquitous lies and abrogation of his duties as master of his ship, resulting in the loss of 32 passengers and crew members.
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