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Theories of what could have triggered this disaster. too little ballast water and too much cargo puts the ship in danger, says this man, a senior researcher with japan's national institute of fisheries engineering. using weights to simulate shipping containers, he shows how unsecured cargo can shift to one side with catastrophic consequences. >> translator: the result is the ship capsizing. the worst-case scenario. >> reporter: a south korean opposition lawmaker who represents jindo says renovations last year expanded the top floor to make room for 117 more passengers, making the center of gra...

Congressional hearing on the military's budget congressman hank johnson, democrat in georgia, made it hard for admiral robert willard of the u.s. pacific command to keep a straight face being asked about moving troops from okinawa to the island of guam. >> my fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize. >> we don't anticipate that. >> yeah. that exchange quickly became a youtube sensation on the front page of aol now. it led congressman johnson to issue a statement explaining he was just kidding. here's the statement. i wasn't suggesting that...