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The real reason it was “stranded at sea.”

We now know that the so called engine room fire was really not an accident.  It was specifically targeted due to a crew member in the engineering department being infected with an unidentified zombie virus, most likely picked up from zombie hookers in a certain third world country known for spreading the infection.

Fortunately, this gave the authorities the necessary quarantine time to ensure that the rest of the crew and passengers were not exposed.  The delivery of specially treated SPAM further insured that the disease did not spread.