I’m kind of pissed that such obvious and preventable idiocy leads to an almost immediate liver transplant.

Yes, that’s just a lucky coincidence for him, but still…

As shown above, they don’t read the label. Ironically, you didn’t even read the screenshot that’s the cause of all of this - which disproves your point entirely.

Sure, but can you prove that they were not just incompetent?

You can blame the captain personally for negligence, sure, but unless he has instructions from an intelligence agency open on his desk, you can’t prove anything political.

Considering the cable was likely cut by just dragging the anchor over the seafloor, there’s not much to find. It’s perfectly plausible that the crew consists of a bunch of idiots.

No matter what the truth actually is, it’s impossible to prove.