Quote Originally Posted by dwhitehorne View Post
Probably had a heart attack after the collision. Fox news said he had just got the ship within the past few months. David
FWIW - I think the Captain was reported as having head injuries. This is from Another forum:

I sailed in her. Got married on that tour. I think that area would be forward engineering berthing; yeah, lot's of bad potential there. CO is reported as incapacitated. CO's cabin is just a little below and aft of the SPY arrays.

Additionally, in a BBC article they showed the track of the freighter and it was apparent that the freighter did a u-turn, which according to the Naval Officer quoted above is not an uncommon maneuver to adjust arrival times to pick up the pilot who will get them into port.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40314128