Cruise Ship Sinking Italy

Captain held as cruise ship hits rock and sinks.

Cruise ship sinking italy. The Italian captain went back onboard the wreck for the first time since the sinking of the cruise ship on January 13 2012 as part of his trial for manslaughter and abandoning ship. Cruise Ship Sinking In Italy. The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies partially sunk just a few hundred yards from the rocky coast of the Italian island of Giglio on Monday.

The sinking of the cruise ship off damn near ON the coast of Italy overnight should be a reminder to all naval wargamers who seem to think NOTHING CAN GO WRONG that even in this modern age with all sorts of navigational aid and electronic devicesshite still happens. MS Mikhail Lermontov a Soviet cruise ship which ran aground on well-charted rocks and subsequently sank in the Marlborough Sounds New Zealand in 1986 under similar. Costa Concordia an Italian cruise ship which grounded and capsized in January 2012 killing at least 32 people SS Heraklion a Greek car ferry which capsized and sank in the Aegean Sea in 1966.

Though the fallout from the disaster remains unclear. In the wreck of the Costa Concordia the cruise ship that rent its hull against the offshore shallows of the Italian island of Giglio the world was treated to an exhibition of both the best and the worst of the Italian approach to disaster. The 984-foot-long cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the island of Giglio Italy killing at least three people.

The salvage effort the ship was completely dismantled was the largest effort of its kind. More than 4000 people have. Pictures Saturday January 14 2012 a cruise ship in Italy sunk as the captain of the ship ran it aground.

Good Or Bad The Truth About The Cruise Ships In Venice Italy. Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia carrying more than 4000 people ran aground and keeled over off the Italian coast near the island of Giglio in Tuscany Italy last night. In 2008 when strong winds buffeted Palermo the cruise ship banged against the Sicilian ports dock and sustained damage but no one was injured ANSA said.

More than 4000 people have been evacuated but 50 are still missing. The Italian captains horrible mistake killed 3 people and injured 20 more as the 4200-passenger Costa Concordia ran into rocks close to shore. Captain Francesco Schettino was this.