That's actually really smart, shows a lot of composure: that guy single handedly saved hundreds of lives.
Still kind of shocking to me that the sonar/sat wouldn't pick up the rocks and put up a huge alert saying there's a risk of collision.
Cruise ship runs aground in Italy
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Still kind of shocking to me that the sonar/sat wouldn't pick up the rocks and put up a huge alert saying there's a risk of collision.
See the rocks extending out in the water? I imagine it hit that underwater ridge because their satellite navigation system was out of whack or someone was not paying attention.
The captain and maybe the officers were probably at dinner. I'll bet some mate was not paying attention.
Captain Tuttle
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I was thinking they could have been crew members working down there when it ran aground. Maybe they got trapped or something.
blazeuk
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Pretty crazy, i've been on the Grand Princess and unless you're standing next to these ships, you really don't grasp the size of them. I imagine it was scary as shit to the passengers, who as said, alot would have been old.
I guess they were somewhat fortunate that the ship managed to sail to the coast rather than people having to evacuate the ship at night further out.
Your Excellency
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After reading this article in the Guardian (by the guy who Ewan McGregor is based on in The Men Who Stare At Goats) I decided never go to on a cruise liner. Those guys just do not give a fuck.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/11/rebecca-coriam-lost-at-sea
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/11/rebecca-coriam-lost-at-sea
Indrid Cold1
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Scary as shit. Sounds like the captain did the right thing in the circumstance if he knew the boat was going to sink but got it in the best possible position for it to do so.
Zeouterlimits
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Jesus Christ, heard a small mention of it this morning, but that's horrible.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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Fuck, that's horrific. On a semi-related note to that article, the concept of "flags of convenience" is pretty shady. I know most do it for tax purposes, but it's horrific that one police officer was assigned to a disappearance, and hardly any investigation was carried out.
Idiot.
Alex Connolly
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Although, trying to figure out which side to leap off a listing cruise liner doesn't sound like Club Med, either.
Boozeroony
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That ship was only 6 years old.
Ah B trash will Sunday mornings ever be the same.
GoldenEye 007
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Shit. That's what I've been doing wrong all this time.
We had references to Titanic and Speed 2 with nary a peep, but references to Uncharted 3 are OVER THE LINE
CajoleJuice
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The Titanic was a REAL THING.
And so was Speed 2, I suppose?
movie references historical references oh my god validate my existence because i can recite popular culture pleassee love me pleasee love me CULTURAL REFERENCES ACCEPT ME NEOGAF ACCEPT ME
Wow fuck
my parents are actually on a cruise right now in Puerto Rico; they were on a cruise in Italy just a few months ago too.
Sickboy007
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There are still 60 people missing (after almost 24 hours), researchs efforts are very dangerous since half of the ship is underwater. I have a couple of friends that work on Costa ships, luckily no one is embarked these days.
I hope that comes to bite you in the ass.
I hope that comes to bite you in the ass.
CajoleJuice
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I didn't even get the Speed 2 reference, so whatever. I just thought it was funny that you put the Titanic and Speed 2 in the same sentence.
Sickboy007
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The captain was just arrested.
Usually try to patch the hole, pump out the water and tow it to dock. Just depends on how bad the damage is and the integrity of the rest of the vessel.
I was looking at charts before I posted.
It looks small in the picture compared to Titanic sinking in the movie.
A 70 year old guy apparently died of a heart-attack when he tried swimming to the shore.
sixteen-bit
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Scary
wow, powerful imagery
Reminds me of Estonia in 1994.
The Estonia story is so sinister. From the number of dead, to the conspiracy theories, to the cement sarcophagus it's encased in, to the treaty signed by a number of countries that prohibits anyone from those countries to even get near the ship. I hope the Italian accident won't be nearly as bad.
The Costa Concordia is about 70 feet longer, 24 feet wider, 68,172 tons heavier, and carries 1,247 more passengers than the Titanic.
Again, I was looking at size charts before posting.... I know.
It LOOKS smaller compared to Titanic in the movie. It kind of changes the movie for me. I'm not saying it IS. I know it ISN'T.
Sorry if I'm being confusing.
Joel Was Right
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When I read the title I thought it just came across the shore and not fucking tip over on its side. Wow, that must have been terrifying
Sickboy007
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Holy shit at the size of the hole, is that a rock inside?
That must have been pretty scary even for the people on earth
That must have been pretty scary even for the people on earth
Why would it change the movie for you? The Titanic WAS the biggest ship ever built the year it was built, and 1,517 out of 2,223 people died on it. It was a huge disaster.
And the way the Titanic is believed to have sank is friggin crazy
Phoenix
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She is largely structurally sound so you put barges around it and patch the hole then tow it to port.
Just read the wikipedia article. Really weird decision to conceal it in concrete. Is that like common practice?
The Main Event
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I cruised only once in my lifetime...and it was with Costa =|
That's awful.
That's awful.
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