My bet is the (DEI harbor) pilot said 'oh fuck', put the ship in reverse causing the black smoke and failure because massive engines with huge inertia don't like to get slammed in reverse, got it restarted and the reverse thrust made it veer wildly off course.
That or they hit the emergency off button in their panic and Jesus took the wheel. Zero chance it was just mechanical failure.
My bet is the (DEI harbor) pilot said 'oh fuck', put the ship in reverse causing the black smoke and failure because massive engines with huge inertia don't like to get slammed in reverse, got it restarted and the reverse thrust made it veer wildly off course.
That or they hit the emergency off button in their panic and Jesus took the wheel. Zero chance it was just mechanical failure.