Inside Out, a BBC investigative programme to be broadcastlater on Monday, says the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) also found acrew member had fallen asleep while on watch.

The 1,800-dwtDanio (built 2001) got stuck on rocks in the Farne Islands on 16 March with a cargo of timber.

It tooktwo weeks for the vessel to be refloated.

InsideOut found the crew also "forgot" to use the alarm system.

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