Concordia Cruise Ship Crash
The wreck of Italys Costa Concordia cruise ship begins to emerge from water on September 17 2013 near the harbour of Giglio Porto.
Concordia cruise ship crash. Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Accident Perhaps one of the most prolific and horrendous cruise ship accidents in recent memory was the January 2012 sinking of the Costa Concordia. Several of the ships crew notably. Technicians pass in a small boat near the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia lying aground in front of the Isola del Giglio on January 26 2012 after hitting underwater rocks on January 13.
Costa Concordia cruise ship to be scrapped It took one small act of incompetence to wreck the cruise ship but its taken 25 years and about 1 billion to get to the point of refloating the wreck. Cruise Ship Safety. Between 14 and 30 January 2012 rescue divers searched within the ship for missing people and recovered most of the bodies.
Now half a decade on the wreckage of the tragic ship is. Just why did the accident happen though. The wreck - the target of.
The Legacy of the Costa Concordia Disaster by Elias Rudnikas. More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died. Thirty-two people died after the Costa Concordia cruis ship ran aground with more than 4000 passengers and crew on 13 January 2012 only hours after leaving the Italian port of Civitavecchia.
It is generally understood that the captain is the ultimate authority of any vessel and is expected by the general public to put the well-being of his or her passengers first by being the last to leave a sinking ship. On 13 January 2012 whilst the Costa Concordia was in navigation in the Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian sea Italian coastline with 4229 persons on board 3206 passengers and 1023 crewmembers in favourable meteo-marine conditions at 21 45 07 LT local time the ship suddenly collided with the Scole Rocks at the Giglio Island. ROME -- Italian Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty today for causing the fatal shipwreck of the Costa Concordia and sentenced to 16 years in prison according to a three-judge panel.
Even the Costa Concordia is no minnow. CNNs Tom Foreman explains how the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia went down. AP PhotoGiglionewsit Giorgio Fanciulli.
