This story made a lot of noise a couple of years ago. "Costa Concordia", one of the most beautiful and expensive ships in the world, stupidly ran into pitfalls off the western coast of Italy and barely made it to shore. Most of the passengers on the cruise escaped, but thirty people died and two are still missing. The accident of the Costa Concordia liner is not without reason considered the apotheosis of absurdity.
The only one to blame for the death of the giant ship was its captain, Francesco Schettino, who arbitrarily neglected all conceivable rules of navigation, sailing directions and navigation standards. The deviation of three and a half miles from the route was due to the captain's desire to greet an old friend, who in the evenings was in the habit of sitting on the shore of the island. The experienced sea wolf somehow did not think about possible pitfalls in this place. But after the collision, the idiocy continued. The Costa Concordia was hit thirty meters long, and passengers couldn't help but feel the impact and screech.
Rescue operation
The captain for a long time could not realize the fait accompli, even assured passengers that there was nothing to worry about even after solving "minor technical problems withgenerator" liner "Costa Concordia" will continue to move along the route. While the captain reassured the passengers via the internal radio network, water continued to flow into the hold. degrees, and the Costa Concordia could capsize. The finally announced evacuation took place in chaos and panic.
The captain didn't even bother to issue a distress signal and seek help from the coastal rescue services. On board the cruise ship at that moment were 3216 passengers and more than a thousand crew members and attendants. All these people, by coincidence, were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were lucky only in the sense that it was very close to the coast of the island of Giglio. Those who did not have enough space in the lifeboats had the opportunity to swim to it. And the ship itself, at the end of its free voyage, did not sink to the bottom, but lay on its side near the island village of Gil Porto. Where it remains to this day. The last passengers were removed from it already in the morning with the help of helicopters. It was not possible to save everyone.
Costa Concordia - what's next?
Inhabitants of a small and little-known island off the coast of Italy felt for several days the attention of all the world's media. And the island itself suddenly became the owner of suchsights like the wreckage of a transoceanic cruise ship on its shore. The Costa Concordia was one of the ten largest ships of its kind in the world. The inhabitants of the island urgently demand that he be removed somewhere. But this task is technically difficult and financially very costly. So far, it has been possible to carry out its first part - the ship has been brought to a vertical position. The question of his future fate is being discussed.
