Guest Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 You thought Rena was bad? Cruise ship twice the size, carrying over 4000 people hits a reef in the med. 8 confirmed dead. More still missing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16560050 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Bugger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ec12nz 1 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 http://www.freep.com/article/20120114/N ... |FRONTPAGE Lots of daylight pics - includes showing hole in port side with a huge rock hanging out - looks like a similar set of circumstances to Mikhail Lermantov Ship only launched 5 years ago - deteails her http://www.costacruisesasia.com/pao/cos ... ordia.html Just what the wife didn't want to read with us going a cruise in 4 weeks time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 313 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Interesting propulsion setup. Pivoting electric motors. http://gcaptain.com/loss-electrical-pow ... dia/?37470 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 They look like big Volvo drives Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 49 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Pretty standard drives on DP (dynamic positioning) ships these days.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Another gps induced error I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Another gps induced error I guess. Another way of saying "another human error" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Click on the AIS replay http://www.shipcruise.org/cruise-articl ... a-accident Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 49 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Wow! Wonder why they did the big dog leg, and who did the course change.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I understand that they may have been doing a "sail past" of the port of Giglio whereby they sail past close in shore and buzz them with their fog horns. The captain apparently wasn't on the bridge at the time, rather he was in the ball room having dinner with an important guest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Almost looks like they lost control of the ship. It will be very interesting to see what comes out in the investigation. Anyone with any actual knowledge is keeping schtum. All the reports I've read have come from Passengers or Room Stewards who really wouldn't have a clue what was going on. Of course the media is taking that and drawing their own conclusions... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Puts our little Rena 'catastrophe' into perspective doesn't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I heard a report on the radio on the way home this evening that phone logs show the Captain looks to have done a runner early in the piece and refused to go back aboard. Also charges of manslaughter are highly likely. Reports, if they are true, do seem to suggest the word shambles could be a good word to describe what happened both leading up to the rock and in the evacuation. Seems they were just lucky to have only lost a few poor souls and it could easily have been a hell of a lot more. Wow! Wonder why they did the big dog leg, and who did the course change....Appearently the Cruise ships do a close flyby and hook their horn. Some sort of a tradition that has something to do with that spot being a popular retirement spot with old seadogs. Looks like someone flew a bit too close by this time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkside 55 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 We anchored about 15 miles due east of the Port Giglio in the bight trying to get out of a northerly a few years ago on our way to Elba. All the islands up the western side of Italy are lovely. I imagine the locals are furious at the boat parked on their harbour entrance let alone the loss of many lives Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grant 32 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 hmmmm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 So the Capt tripped and fell into a lifeboat. Wow, how lucky can you get. Man this guy is a joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 313 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Luck there was a lifeboat otherwise he could be one of the statics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 A new twist. You couldn't make this up, could you? http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/the-woman-on-the-bridge-with-the-captain-officials-probe-crew-member-domnica-20120120-1q92u.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OYSTR 1 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Saw this on another forum: The current plight of the Costa Concordia recalls a comment attributed to Winston Churchill. After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian cruise-liner and some Italian journalists asked him why an ex-British Prime Minister should choose an Italian ship. "There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise-ship", said Churchill. "Firstly, their cuisine is unsurpassed. Secondly, their service is superb. And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women and children first". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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