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Death toll now up to 13 The passenger was found on submerged deck near the bow of the vessel Number of missing now at 20 Divers entered the Captain’s cabin and according to Italian news agency ANSA, removed his safe…
Is it just me or should Costa’s CEO really stop talking…. Doesn’t seem like these put the company in the best light. If anyone’s curious, Pier Luigi Foschi, formally titled Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Costa Crociere,…
The above video shows how divers are searching the balconies and looking into all the cabins.
Here’s what has happened yesterday and today. The number of missing is at 21. Divers recovered a body this morning bringing the death toll up to 12. The passenger was said to have a life jacket on. They were found…
Last night Carnival Corp. chairman and CEO Micky Arison tweeted: We just announced a comprehensive Audit &Review of Safety & Emergency Response Across All our Cruise Lines source Also last night, rival Royal Caribbean CEO Adam Goldstein also posed the…
Last night I had tweeted out that I just watched a really bad “CNN Report” on cruise ship captains. I finally found a copy of it. The host of the show, I believe John King, led into the ‘report’ with…
From an unknown passenger
I was able to get this webcam grab, showing the workers leaving the vessel via helo. (from 10:11am EST) The ship is slowly shifting. The latest is 5 feet fore and 3 feet aft. This discrepancy might mean that the…
(NSFW-L) Holy Crap! I really cant come up with commentary on this right now. Wow. Just Wow.
Here’s todays top stories: The death toll is now at 11, with 6 more bodies recovered today. Divers have had to blow holes in he parts of the superstructure underwater. Surveyors are on site in anticipation of salvage crew arrival…
AnswerItRoyaly They don’t allow embedding. Sorry.Why does it seem that the Concordia accident kind of makes me second guess what they’re saying in this video?
I think they’re speaking German.
As divers inspect the wreck today, here’s the top news: Reuters is reporting that the Concordia is insured for $513 million USD. This will go down as the largest marine insurance claim yet. Carnival has disclosed the financial impact of…
Costa cruises, the vessel owner and operator have just released their preliminary statement and it has the internet buzzing. While the investigation is ongoing, preliminary indications are that there may have been significant human error on the part of the…
Pay attention to the lack of English spoken. via ilsecoloxix.it
UPDATE: BBC is reporting that 2 bodies were just found in the ship. The death toll it now at 5. Overnight, rescue workers found 3 survivors trapped inside the capsized ship. One was a severely injured crew member who had…
Local officials have arrested the Captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino. Local law enforcement have charged him with suspicion of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing a shipwreck. They claim he deliberately ordered the ship to take a dangerous,…