Looks like the ship's staff and crew looked untrained for this kind of procedure, as well the Captain.
It also appears the reason why the Captain waited so long to give the abandon ship order was because he thought the ship could hold up
even with two lower compartments flooded.
Two most probable mistakes were, one getting too close to land where there were low lieng rocks and low depths and then bringing the ship too close
to land after the accident, letting the ship eventually come to rest on a sand bed which caused the ship to lean to one side as it did.
Thats is one moron of a Captain. The question remains was he drunk that night.
He was said to be dining most of night before the accident .
When your steering a boat of that size close to land at night no-less, you have to be extra careful and usually
pilots will use radar extensively when piloting at night in plotting a course.
The boat's course was OK for a time but it was headed directly for shallow waters and close to land which someone
maybe the Captain wasn't paying cognitive attention to.
The real problem occurs when ships of that size need to adjust its course quickly to divert a problem, they simply cant.
Thats why cruising at night close to land is especially dangerous, particularly where the shoreline has jetting peninsulas in the vicinity.