GUILTY Italy - Costa Concordia Cruise Ship runs aground/flips, 2012

[BetteDavisEyes]

From Cruise Critic message boards discussion of Costa Concordia incident (Facebook source):

CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC REQUIRED ANNOUNCEMENT
ON FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COSTA CONCORDIA

MIAMI (January 16, 2012) -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today commented on the financial impact resulting from the grounding of the Costa Concordia.

“At this time, our priority is the safety of our passengers and crew,” said Micky Arison, Carnival Corporation & plc chairman and CEO. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic event and our hearts go out to everyone affected by the grounding of the Costa Concordia and especially to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives. They will remain in our thoughts and prayers,” Arison said.

In accordance with financial disclosure requirements, the company provides the following information:

The company has insurance coverage for damage to the vessel with a deductible of approximately $30 million as well as insurance for third party personal injury liability subject to an additional deductible of approximately $10 million for this incident. The company self-insures for loss of use of the vessel.

A damage assessment review of the vessel is currently being undertaken to determine how long it will be out of service. The vessel is expected to be out of service for the remainder of our current fiscal year if not longer. For the fiscal year ending November 30, the impact to 2012 earnings for loss of use is expected to be approximately $85-$95 million or $0.11-$0.12 per share. In addition, the company anticipates other costs to the business that are not possible to determine at this time.

Carnival Corporation & plc, which is the parent company of Costa Cruises, is traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges.

 

[SuziQ]

Rescue Divers Pictured Inside Cruise Ship
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16150204

 

[SuziQ]

Warning-Graphic picture at the below link:

Emergency Declared As 'Liquid' Leaks From Ship
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16150043

 

[SuziQ]

Animated Graphics show what happened.
http://news.sky.com/home/interactive-graphics/costa-concordia

 

[SuziQ]

More pictures of divers inside the ship

Rescue divers have suspended the search for missing people 'indefinitely' after the Costa Concordia slipped 9cm from its rocky resting place - prompting fears it will soon plummet 100 metres down to the bottom of the Mediterranean.
Stormy weather has hampered search efforts this morning, with Giglio's Mayor Sergio Ortelli saying: 'The hopes of finding any more survivors are fading.' There are also worries oil could start to spill from the ship - sparking an environmental disaster.
A five-year-old Italian girl and her father are believed to be among the passengers still missing after the grounding of the Costa Concordia.
William Arlotti, 34, and his daughter Dyana, from Rimini, are among 16 still unaccounted for after the luxury cruise ship ran aground off the island of Giglio and then partially sank on Friday night, Italian media reports.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...dent-Hope-fades-16-missing.html#ixzz1je7FuJ53

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Disaster Caused by “Sail-Past” Manoeuvre

Giglio-born chief steward on bridge warned ship was too close to shore

ISOLA DEL GIGLIO – At 4.30 pm, the scuba divers emerge and hope holds its breath. So far, it’s seemed like a typical sunny Sunday as international journalists instead of tourists step off the ferries and the Costa Concordia now part of the scenery, who knows for how long. Rescue operations have moods. Morale feeds off good news the way a car feeds off petrol. Another survivor rescued and the news that two missing Japanese tourists have been located in Rome helped the island of Giglio and its residents to stave off negative thoughts for a while and keep hope alive. “Did you hear anyone?” residents ask the men in uniform, nodding at the cruise ship for a sign that things might not be so bad. The missing could all be safe and well, and perhaps far away by now...

http://www.corriere.it/english/12_g...re_6c1da704-4052-11e1-a5d2-75a8a88b1277.shtml

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Not sure which Costa ship this is or when this pass-by took place, but it is another very close maneuver to say "Hello" to islanders The vessel is sailing way too close to land I've never seen anything like this: Veerry skeerry!

http://video.corriere.it/nave-concordia-al-giglio-/9dfa5ea6-3e9b-11e1-8b52-5f77182bc574

 

[shana]

Special thanks to BetteDavisEyes for ALL of your informative posts on this terrible incident.

The pass-by linked above appears to have occurred in August of 2011, same month as the prior one by the Concordia.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I found the link on a cruise website and hadn't seen the date until you noted it. Thank you.

The more that I read/hear about this completely unavoidable tragedy, the more :furious: I get at the Captain for being so careless and irresponsible in his obligations for the safety of the crew, staff, and passengers aboard the Concordia.

This is slightly OT but worth noting that when the Captain makes a decision to skip a port due to weather issues, passengers should heed his advice and not throw hissy fits because they can't visit a place that they counted on when they booked the cruise. DH and I are seasoned cruisers and know that "ship happens", and we understand that the Captain makes decisions that are in the best interest of everyone onboard and the continued seaworthiness of the vessel. The Costa Captain acted irrationally, irresponsibly, and definitely NOT in the best interest of those onboard or the vessel itself. WTF was he thinking :banghead:

 

[passionflower]

Bette, I agree with you so much.
O/T
Once going to the Cayman Isles we could not port there
due to weather. It was being hit by a hurrcane IIRC,
So many people were angry.
WTH, better to be safe, we had fun on the ship anyway.

 

[passionflower]

4,200 people on board, it's a miracle that there weren't more deaths
and life threatening injuries.

 

[jjenny]

4,200 people on board, it's a miracle that there weren't more deaths
and life threatening injuries.

The accident was very close to land which is what helped to keep deaths to the minimum. Of course it's also caused this accident to begin with.

 

[Nova]

Wasn't the Titanic of the same double walled design? Wasn't that double wall why the Titanic was called "unsinkable?"

I don't think so. Rather than a double hull, Titanic was built with a serious of sealable compartments, the thinking being that water entering any one or two of them could be contained.

http://www.titanic-facts.com/titanic-construction.html

Unfortunately and because of the speed Titanic was going, the iceberg ripped open most of the compartments along one side. When all of those filled with water, the ship went down.

Ironically, the crew desperately tried to avoid the iceberg. Per the link, most engineers believe the ship would have survived a head on collision, which would have only flooded the two compartments at the bow.

 

[panthera]

so-- 8 (?) people lost their lives, many others injured/traumatized, loss of a $300-$400 million dollar ship, thousands of passengers and crew lost their belongings plus rescue and recovery costs... JUST TO SAY HI???!!!


:banghead:

As appalling as it seems, that is exactly what was on the news this morning as well as in this article:

Cruise ship captain 'off course'

The captain of a cruise ship that ran aground off Italy made an "unapproved, unauthorised" deviation in course, the liner's owners say.

Costa Cruises boss Pier Luigi Foschi accused Capt Francesco Schettino of sailing too close to a nearby island in order to show the ship to locals.

The captain blames the disaster on rocks which were not on his chart.

more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16576979

 

[SuziQ]

Not sure which Costa ship this is or when this pass-by took place, but it is another very close maneuver to say "Hello" to islanders The vessel is sailing way too close to land I've never seen anything like this: Veerry skeerry!

http://video.corriere.it/nave-concordia-al-giglio-/9dfa5ea6-3e9b-11e1-8b52-5f77182bc574

Good find. If you look close you can see the same little lighthouse that's in recent pics. It looks like the same location to me. That's crazy!

 

[tarabull]

Costa Concordia: £300m wiped off ship owner's fortune
January 16, 2012

Micky Arison, owner of Carnival, which owns cruise liner that sank in Italian harbour, sees shares lose fifth of their value

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/16/costa-concordia-ship-owner-fortune

 

[tarabull]

Calgary couple swims to shore from sinking cruise ship
January 16, 2012

Lifeboat wouldn't budge, and no one came to help them, they say

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/busines...e+from+sinking+cruise+ship/6001376/story.html

 

[tarabull]

Minnesota couple among those missing after Costa Concordia hit rocks
January 16, 2012

Jerry Heil, 69, and wife Barbara, 70, from St Paul suburb of White Bear Lake, on 16-day trip around Europe.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/16/minnesota-couple-missing-costa-concordia

 

[jjenny]

As appalling as it seems, that is exactly what was on the news this morning as well as in this article:

Cruise ship captain 'off course'

The captain of a cruise ship that ran aground off Italy made an "unapproved, unauthorised" deviation in course, the liner's owners say.

Costa Cruises boss Pier Luigi Foschi accused Capt Francesco Schettino of sailing too close to a nearby island in order to show the ship to locals.

The captain blames the disaster on rocks which were not on his chart.

more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16576979

Well I guess he really showed the ship to locals. Boggles the mind.

 

[panthera]

Well I guess he really showed the ship to locals. Boggles the mind.

Yes, he did succeed at that. I doubt he counted on them having a full view of the upper deck from the shoreline, however.

:maddening:

MOO