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MS Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca, in 2011. Costa Concordia (call sign: IBHD, IMO number: 9320544, MMSI number: 247158500), with 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members on board, [1] was sailing off Isola del Giglio on the night of 13 January 2012, having begun a planned seven-day cruise from Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy, to Savona and five other ports. [2]
The season 39 Nova episode "Why Ships Sink" discusses the sinking of Costa Concordia. [52] A later Nova season 42 episode "Sunken Ship Rescue" featured the salvage effort and race to refloat and remove the badly damaged Costa Concordia from the accident scene before the ship could break apart, risking an environmental catastrophe. [53]
Costa Concordia, commanded by Captain Francesco Schettino at the time of grounding. Francesco Schettino (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko sketˈtiːno]; born 14 November 1960) [1] is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when the ship struck an underwater rock and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012.
Last week was naturally brutal for Carnival (NYS: CCL) after the catastrophic grounding of the Costa Concordia off Italy's Tuscan coast. The stock took a 13.6% initial hit on the news last Monday ...
Costa Concordia parbuckling diagram: In this view looking north (facing bow), chains are on the left of the image (starboard side of ship, facing the coast), sponsons and cables on right side of the image (port side of the ship, facing deeper water). Not shown are the grout pads between the seabed and the platforms.
Bounty sinking during Hurricane Sandy. October 2, 2015: Captain Michael Davidson, master of the cargo ship El Faro, was recorded on the voyage data recorder encouraging the ship's helmsman, not moving due to fear and exhaustion, to join him in abandoning the vessel, before the recording ended with both still on the bridge of the sinking ship.
Hatches and doors left open overnight on the superyacht Bayesian may have caused it to sink in Italy, a sailing expert has said. Sam Jefferson, editor of magazine Sailing Today, believes the ...
A video shared on Facebook claimed Iranian-backed Houthi rebels sunk four United States ships in a recent attack. Verdict: Misleading While the Houthis did attack these four ships, there is no ...