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The Titanic: The Dangers Of The Titanic

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Other reasons that could have caused the Titanic to sink was faults from the people on the ship. The captain was going to fast through a known ice field. “For some, the fact that the Titanic was sailing full speed ahead despite concerns about icebergs was Smith 's biggest misstep.” (NBC News) The Titanic received multiple warnings about icebergs but the last one might not have reached the captain. “The last and most specific warning was not passed along…to captain smith.” This is basically showing how the whole Titanic disaster could have been prevented if one person had actually done his job. If the Titanic had hired different crew members over a thousand people would have survived that night in 1912.

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