ABSTRACT
The story of the Titanic is well-known, and the causes of the disaster have been well investigated over several decades. There were unusual amounts of icebergs, ice warnings were ignored, the Titanic made maximum speed in an ice field, and the lookout spotted the iceberg too late. After spotting the iceberg, there was a frantic manoeuver, serious hull damage due to the collision, and failure of rescue and evacuation. The combination of these events caused the disaster of the Titanic (Smith and Rayner, 1912, Eaton and Haas, 1996, Rapport, 2004, Beesley, 2008, Foecke, 2008, Lightoller, 2010, BBC, 2011, BBC, 2012, Compton, 2012, History, 2012, NationalGeographic, 2012, Ward, 2012). They are structured as an event tree given in Figure 1.
