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Looking at this diagram - it is just as well that somebody had the presence of mind to take the ship into shallow waters - otherwise there may have been a much greater loss of life

 

Barry

Interesting, I suppose you are right but we will never know.

What I don't get is why the Captian decided to leave the ship before it was evacuated.:D

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A lot of the damage could have happened when she settled onto the rocks on her side.

 

Yes, that's what I'd expect. Plus she's been there for 20 months, so with a lot of weight on parts that aren't designed to take that for an extended period of time, and the regular wave motion to keep pushing things down.

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Yes, that's what I'd expect. Plus she's been there for 20 months, so with a lot of weight on parts that aren't designed to take that for an extended period of time, and the regular wave motion to keep pushing things down.

 

Mother nature wouldn't be gentle either, they would have had some big storms, I am sure.:D

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From CNN within the last hour this morning, they have this headline: "Costa Concordia righted after massive salvage effort" with lots of good and interesting visuals. Much video coverage this am on several TV networks.

 

Here are the story highlights: "Engineers succeeded Tuesday in righting the Costa Concordia cruise liner off the Italian island of Giglio, where it had capsized when it ran aground in January 2012, killing dozens of people. 'She is standing upright better than anyone thought she would be,' said Nick Sloane, the senior salvage master, about the vessel three football fields in length. In an unprecedented and painstaking process that involved massive pulleys, cables and steel tanks, the 500-person salvage crew from 26 countries rolled the 114,000-ton vessel off the rocks on which it had rested since it ran aground. By midnight, despite delays caused by thunderstorms and the need to tighten a slack cable, the ship had been hauled off the rocks and upward about 25 degrees. That was far enough for the salvage crew to start drawing water into massive steel boxes attached to the exposed side of the hull and then use the weight of that water to finish rolling the hulk onto a steel platform built off the sea floor. There appeared to be no sign of leaks, Gabrielli told reporters -- a promising sign, as the wrecked liner is full of spoiled food and chemicals in material such as paint and lubricants. Authorities will temporarily take back possession of the site to look for the bodies of two crew members still missing, Sloane said. A robotic submarine equipped with surveillance cameras will survey the damaged side of the ship and create models needed in planning for the next phase of operations -- the attachment of more buoyancy chambers called sponsons to the starboard side. Organizers expect the ship won't be towed away for dismantling until the summer of 2014. Tuesday's predawn accomplishment was met with applause from the people of Giglio, a tiny island that was transformed by the disaster."

 

Full story at:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/europe/italy-costa-concordia-salvage/index.html

 

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Looking at this diagram - it is just as well that somebody had the presence of mind to take the ship into shallow waters - otherwise there may have been a much greater loss of life

 

Barry

 

 

Actually, after the collision and the ship became disabled, she drifted out into much deeper waters only to have a change of wind direction blow her back into shallow waters near shore. Had this not occurred, it might well have been a modern day Titanic.

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Heard this morning that they intend going through every cabin and trying to recover passengers items out of mini safe etc. Hopefully they will be able to return some possessions.

 

Will be horrific though finding the 2 bodies, if they find them.

Yes, it will be a sad time for many families. I hope they find the bodies.:(

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Actually, after the collision and the ship became disabled, she drifted out into much deeper waters only to have a change of wind direction blow her back into shallow waters near shore. Had this not occurred, it might well have been a modern day Titanic.

 

Thanks for the confirmation. I thought that was the case, but couldn't remember the detail.

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