Concordia Cruise Ship Crash

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Concordia cruise ship crash. AP PhotoGiglionewsit Giorgio Fanciulli. Costa Concordia disaster the capsizing of an Italian cruise ship on January 13 2012 after it struck rocks off the coast of Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. 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.

When the ship ran aground off the cost of Italy 4200 passengers and crew members were forced to evacuate. When the cruise liner Costa Concordia crashed and sank in 2012 32 people tragically lost their lives. 33 people died as a result from the accident including 32 passengers and crew and one salvage member.

The vessel carrying 4252 people met a tragic end in January 2012 when it hit an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio near Tuscany. Cruise Ship Safety. 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.

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. Men pushed past women and children to reach lifeboats. Just why did the accident happen though.

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. We chart the. As the 26th largest passenger ship in the world its 13 passenger decks are stacked on a vessel nearly 1000 ft long and 100ft high above the water.

Between 14 and 30 January 2012 rescue divers searched within the ship for missing people and recovered most of the bodies. Costa Concordia cruise ship crash. The Legacy of the Costa Concordia Disaster by Elias Rudnikas.