To shore-side witnesses, it first looked like just another cruise ship docking at Port Coxen Hole on the Honduran island of Roatan.
However, it soon became clear on Tuesday morning that MSC Armonia was coming in way too hot and that one or both forward anchors were deployed in an apparently desperate bid to check the 65,000-ton vessel's momentum.
Moments later, Armonia crashed, tearing a section out of the dock and briefly running aground on the beach behind.
The accident was captured on video and posted by gCaptain, a news service focusing on the marine industry.
