Cook Strait ferry grounding began with autopilot mistake - report

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The Cook Strait ferry Aratere is grounded near Picton on 21 June this year. Photo: Renee Horncastle The grounding of the Interislander passenger ferry Aratere began with a "turn execute" command being pushed 36 seconds late, sending the ship's autopilot onto a course crew didn't know how to stop, an official report says. 

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