Cruise Ship hits ground and overturns

[Wheeljack35]

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'Titanic'-like scene: Passengers recount panic on cruise ship that ran aground off Italy

 

 

 

 

Italian authorities were questioning the captain of the 4,200-pasenger luxury cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, CNN reports.

 

Authorities want to know why the ship didn't issue a mayday call during the accident near the Italian island of Giglio on Friday night, according to the report.

 

"At the moment we can't exclude that the ship had some kind of technical problem, and for this reason moved towards the coast in order to save the passengers, the crew and the ship. But they didn't send a mayday," said officer Emilio Del Santo of the Coastal Authorities of Livorno, accordng to CNN. "The ship got in contact with us once the evacuation procedures were already ongoing."

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The captain, Francesco Schettino, was being interviewed by investigators, Del Santo said.

 

Three bodies have been recovered and 70 people are still unaccounted for.

 

Check out the video of the ship here

 

Italian authorities were questioning the captain of the 4,200-pasenger luxury cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, CNN reports.

 

Authorities want to know why the ship didn't issue a mayday call during the accident near the Italian island of Giglio on Friday night, according to the report.

 

"At the moment we can't exclude that the ship had some kind of technical problem, and for this reason moved towards the coast in order to save the passengers, the crew and the ship. But they didn't send a mayday," said officer Emilio Del Santo of the Coastal Authorities of Livorno, accordng to CNN. "The ship got in contact with us once the evacuation procedures were already ongoing."

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The captain, Francesco Schettino, was being interviewed by investigators, Del Santo said.

 

Three bodies have been recovered and 70 people are still unaccounted for.

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLp25dPHows

[CaptainTriumph]

Makes you not want to take a cruise anymore....

[Wheeljack35]

This ship is twice the size as the Titanic was

[spystreak]

and to think I thought boats were safer than planes these days

[Wheeljack35]

and to think I thought boats were safer than planes these days

 

 

Even a boat that size can't deal with a rogue wave...In this case it wasn't the case it was human error

[spystreak]

and to think I thought boats were safer than planes these days

 

 

Even a boat that size can't deal with a rogue wave...In this case it wasn't the case it was human error

hmm wave or human error I wouldn't survive a boat sinking I way 300 pounds and can't swim so if I didn't make it to a life boat I'd be done

[Wheeljack35]

and to think I thought boats were safer than planes these days

 

 

Even a boat that size can't deal with a rogue wave...In this case it wasn't the case it was human error

hmm wave or human error I wouldn't survive a boat sinking I way 300 pounds and can't swim so if I didn't make it to a life boat I'd be done

 

 

I don't know how to swim either

[Wheeljack35]

UPDATE:

 

NBC News is reporting all rescue divers have been evacuated from the Costa Concordia. NBC's Laura Saravia in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy said the ship is rocking slightly due to choppy seas. "The movement is affecting divers working on rescue efforts inside, and they have been evacuated as a precaution. Rescue operations are suspended at this moment," Saravia said.

 

"There was a slippage of 9 centimeters (3.5 inches) vertically and 1.5 centimeters (0.6 inches) horizontally," firefighters' spokesman Luca Cari told Reuters. "We evacuated immediately. This is something we have been worried about. Operations are suspended. We will have to monitor the stability of the ship and we don't know when we will resume operations," he said. Fears have been expressed that the ship's 500,000 gallons of fuel may begin to leak into the pristine waters around the island of Giglio.