Concordia Cruise Ship Crash

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Concordia cruise ship crash. Even the Costa Concordia is no minnow. 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. Several of the ships crew notably.

The vessel carrying 4252 people met a tragic end in January 2012 when it hit an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio near Tuscany. More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died. The wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been successfully raised from the under-sea platform it has been resting on for the past year salvage workers say.

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. 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. The Legacy of the Costa Concordia Disaster by Elias Rudnikas.

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. Now half a decade on the wreckage of the tragic ship is. The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans after it ran aground off the coast of the Isola del Giglio island Italy early Saturday January 14 2012.

When the ship ran aground off the cost of Italy 4200 passengers and crew members were forced to evacuate. 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. 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.

The wreck of Italys Costa Concordia cruise ship begins to emerge from water on September 17 2013 near the harbour of Giglio Porto. Just why did the accident happen though. Cruise Ship Safety.