Cruise Ship Runs Aground near Italy

[Bigtime]

Just caught this news, CNN reporting 3 killed and 50-70 people still missing.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/14/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/It...864/story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...ise-italy.html

At least three people were killed and scores remain unaccounted for as a giant cruise ship keeled onto its side after running aground near the Italian island of Giglio on Friday night, local emergency officials said Saturday.

On the ship, there were 4,234 passengers and crew on board, said Linardi. Of those, he said 52 of the passengers are children.

I'm going to guess a rock like this will ruin almost any ships day:


Links to an Italian website that has pictures of a HUGE rock in the side of the hull:

http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca...ri-28082517/1/

[Regulator75]

That's crazy.

[tvp2003]

Those pictures are UNBELIEVABLE. Having seen the sheer size of these big cruise ships -- I'm sure the pictures don't do it justice.

How much is one of those things worth? Fifty million?

[awildermode]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

Those pictures are UNBELIEVABLE. Having seen the sheer size of these big cruise ships -- I'm sure the pictures don't do it justice.

How much is one of those things worth? Fifty million?

Cost...Costa...of the ship was 450 milliom Euros, built in 2005

[Russic]

Originally Posted by awildermode

Cost...Costa...of the ship was 450 milliom Euros, built in 2005

583 million in canadian dollars. Jesus. I imagine accounting for 4000+ people would be very difficult, so hopefully the missing people are safe somewhere.

[Drake]

[KTrain]

That is just frightening.

[First Lady]

I clicked on one of the videos on YouTube; it was preceded by an advert for 50% of cruise packages. #targetadvertisingfail

[nik-]

How does this even happen in this day and age? I'm sure the these these are pretty kitted out with sonar to avoid crap like this.

[OutOfTheCube]

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Just caught this news, CNN reporting 3 killed and 50-70 people still missing.

You know something crazy has happened if it gets them to talk about something other than the GOP primary.

[Bane]

Is the captain's name Joseph Hazelwood by any chance?

[CrusaderPi]

I hope this is like the Exxon Valdez. I want to be able to scapegoat a drunken sea captain again. Good times.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by CrusaderPi

I hope this is like the Exxon Valdez. I want to be able to scapegoat a drunken sea captain again. Good times.

The captain is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning the boat. Close enough?

[Pizza]

it's a criminal offense for a captain to abandon ship?

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by Pizza

it's a criminal offense for a captain to abandon ship?

I believe that it's a very serious allegation with very serious criminal repercussions.

[Shasta Beast]

One of the people died by jumping ship and trying to make a swim for it, terrible idea.

The crew actually did very well for themselves in the situation, this happened an hour and a half before the first safety drills were to be instructed. Three out of 4234 passengers is a fatality rate of just 0.07%, less if you count the 1100 crew too.

[awildermode]

Originally Posted by Pizza

it's a criminal offense for a captain to abandon ship?

i would imagine that for a cruise ship, yes. you are responsible for the passengers, crew, ship, etc. on most cruise lines the captain is the second highest paid person on ship, first being the cruise director. i guess it is no different than being charged with leaving scene of crime and vehicular manslaugher, if your car hit some one on the street and you ran away.

apparently, there was not a call for 'mayday' until they were well into the evacuation procedures. that does not work in favour of the captain. also, the location of the ship in relation to land.

judging by the photos, the ship is clearly too close to land. the area around the ship is not equipped to dock a ship of that size. generally, if a cruise ship were to use an area like that as a port of call, it would 'dock' far away from land and have tender boats carry passengers to and from land.

if the ship was having problems, they are suppose to stop, make a call and repair. i have been on a ship with electrical failure. they did just that. fortunately, they fixed what ever was wrong and we got on our way. captain made announcement of electrical failure, stopping, and the call. after the engine or generator was fixed the mayday was canceled. this happened at about 2am, so most passengers were unaware of the situation.

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

I believe that it's a very serious allegation with very serious criminal repercussions.

Geeze, that sounds very serious.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

Geeze, that sounds very serious.