Cruise ship crash in Italy

[Falkor]

BBC News - Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio

How scary must have that been, sadly people have lost there lives, 4,000 people on the boat, people where just jumping into the sea and swimming for it.

They could not drop a load of the life boats due to the way the boat was listing.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

It does seem strange in these times that something that big can still hit something - I know sandbanks drift etc. but surely we have the technology. Also, it seems their emergency procedures were not up to scratch - as soon as the boat listed, they had difficulty launching the lifeboats - I think there will be lots of questions after this one.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

When you look a pictures of cruise ship they look so unstable to top heavy.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Going... going...

BBC News - Capsized Costa Concordia ship near island of Giglio

 

[Norman Potting]

Looking at the BBC website the ship is only 6 years old.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

It's crazy. I assume the fatalities were those that jumped in the water in the panic and drowned. Very sad.

As an aside, I have never seen the attraction of a cruise ship.

I notice there are now adverts on here for cruises. Perhaps not.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

It's crazy. I assume the fatalities were those that jumped in the water in the panic and drowned. Very sad.

I did wonder that, but one of the crew said stuff was flying all over the place inside the ship, so they could have just been unlucky.

As an aside, I have never seen the attraction of a cruise ship.

I sort of can - in fact we went on a cruise when we were kids and it was ok. I can see why people wouldn't fancy it, but it's like a floating hotel with the occassional excursion. Not sure I'd do it now though.

 

[guster]

I sea it's going to be a titanic clean up

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I sort of can - in fact we went on a cruise when we were kids and it was ok. I can see why people wouldn't fancy it, but it's like a floating hotel with the occassional excursion. Not sure I'd do it now though.

I guess that is where I would fail. Not a great fan of hotels/vast hotels. Certainly not having organised tours and being told when one can and can't leave.

I did wonder that, but one of the crew said stuff was flying all over the place inside the ship, so they could have just been unlucky.

Oh yes. I didn't realise it listed quite so suddenly and dramatically.

Princess cruises are advertising at the bottom with 'escape completely'...

 

[BHAFC_Pandapops]

It does seem strange in these times that something that big can still hit something - I know sandbanks drift etc. but surely we have the technology. Also, it seems their emergency procedures were not up to scratch - as soon as the boat listed, they had difficulty launching the lifeboats - I think there will be lots of questions after this one.

to be fair when a ship lists to either side lifeboat launching straight from the davits is going to be difficult, but you're very right in saying that the emergency procedures weren't up to scratch...did one woman mention that they skipped a safety drill? Unless it was only missed because of what happened, naturally, you'd have thought a safety drill would be around noon..

I also agree with what you said about the sand banks..they do have radar imagery, plus the reef markers on their charts to check for drifts or shoals.

Maybe the officers on the bridge had a 'titanic complex' and trusted too much in the ship being 'perfect' as opposed to their own skill.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Can someone please explain why the ship was so close to the shoreline ?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Can someone please explain why the ship was so close to the shoreline ?

I may have this wrong, but as I understand it, they had already hit a sandbank and subequently the captain tried to get into the port at Giglio, so was heading for the harbour. It is a very small island though, the number of stranded passengers now outnumber the islands residents.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Princess cruises are advertising at the bottom with 'escape completely'...

I've got an ad for a no-win-no-fee personal injury lawyer.

 

[Falkor]

I may have this wrong, but as I understand it, they had already hit a sandbank and subequently the captain tried to get into the port at Giglio, so was heading for the harbour. It is a very small island though, the number of stranded passengers now outnumber the islands residents.

1,500 population lol

 

[Firefly]

Also, it seems their emergency procedures were not up to scratch - as soon as the boat listed, they had difficulty launching the lifeboats - I think there will be lots of questions after this one.

Sorry? They managed to evacuate and save 4000 people and you say there proceedures are not up to stratch! I think they did bloody well. It might not have gone that smoothly, but its a huge effort to evacuate a ship of that size. It could have been much worse.

 

[Falkor]

70 people missing

 

[BHAFC BIG BOY]

Why is it so very close to the shore or has it just drifted into shore ?

 

[Leekbrookgull]

I may have this wrong, but as I understand it, they had already hit a sandbank and subequently the captain tried to get into the port at Giglio, so was heading for the harbour. It is a very small island though, the number of stranded passengers now outnumber the islands residents.

Would the port have been big enough ?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Very sad and I imagine lots of Lloyds syndicate managers logging into today to assess their liabilities.

 

[Falkor]

Would the port have been big enough ?

I think he knew he was going down and tried to get as close to land as possible.