costa concordia
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Passengers aboard the stricken Costa cruise ship say that they observed Italian Master Francesco Schettino draped in a blanket aboard a lifeboat heading to safety as the vessel's crew and passengers struggled for their lives.
he claims he brought it so close to shore to save * hiccup* passengers
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Yeah a report I heard said that the captain was berated over a radio or cell phone by the Coast Guard and ordered to return to the ship. Definitely a jail sentence in the future for this guy.
I'm curious if they will ultimately salvage this ship or is that even possible?
I'm curious if they will ultimately salvage this ship or is that even possible?
It should be possible, but it is going to be expensive and difficult - basically patches over the holes currently above water, then cables to scaffolds on the island to try to pull her to the point that patches can be put over the holes the ship is currently lying on, then trying to lighten her so that when she is pulled of the ledge she is currently on she doesn't rip out her bottom all over again.
I would presume that the Italian Government will insist upon something being done. Now if she will ever be put back into service is an entirely different question.
It would not be necessarily a bad thing at all were cruise liners to go back to more reasonable sizes.
That's just after they spent $1.5 BILLION on "Oasis of the Seas", whose displacement is the same as the USN nuclear Nimitz class carrier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Oasis_of_the_Seas
Abandon ship!!!! Abandon ship!!!
It seems that there was a lot of (expected) confusion when the Costa Concordia was going down. In the old days, it used to be 'women and children first' when it came to evacuating a sinking ship, with the captain remaining until the end. We know the captain part doesn't seem to apply anymore. He is the first guy off the boat.
But what about women and children? For me, only my wife and children will go first. After that, I'm in, and everybody else had better take their chances. These days, when men are marginalized more and more, and equality is drummed into our heads (I have no problems with that), women will have to assume that role and wait their turn just like everybody else. Actually, I think we are at the point when it should be 'men and children first'. What do you guys think?
It seems that there was a lot of (expected) confusion when the Costa Concordia was going down. In the old days, it used to be 'women and children first' when it came to evacuating a sinking ship, with the captain remaining until the end. We know the captain part doesn't seem to apply anymore. He is the first guy off the boat.
But what about women and children? For me, only my wife and children will go first. After that, I'm in, and everybody else had better take their chances. These days, when men are marginalized more and more, and equality is drummed into our heads (I have no problems with that), women will have to assume that role and wait their turn just like everybody else. Actually, I think we are at the point when it should be 'men and children first'. What do you guys think?
I hadn't heard that "captain is first guy off the boat" was now the correct evacuation protocol. Where did you hear this?
That there have been a lot of very brave men over the years who actually did try to put women and children into the boats first. For some reason we tend to hear of the J. Bruce Ismay's but not of the John B. Thayer's
