On the fate of the liner "Costa Concordia"

This story has made a lot of noise a couple of years agoback. "Costa Concordia", one of the most beautiful and expensive ships of the world, stupidly flew to the pitfalls off the western coast of Italy and barely got to the shore. Most of the passengers on the cruise tour were saved, but thirty people were killed, and two are missing. The accident of the liner "Costa Concordia" is not without reason is considered the apotheosis of absurdity.

Guilty of the death of a giant ship was aloneonly his captain Francesco Schetino, arbitrarily neglected by all conceivable rules of navigation, sailing and navigation regulations. The deviation from the route by three and a half miles was due to the captain's desire to welcome the old friend, who in the evening had a habit of sitting on the shore of the island. About the possible pitfalls in this place the experienced sea wolf somehow did not think. But after the collision, idiocy continued. "Costa Concordia" received a hole length of thirty meters, and the passengers could not help but feel the impact and gnashing.

Rescue operation

The captain for a long time could not understand what had happened.fact, even assured the passengers that there is nothing to worry about and after solving "minor technical problems with the generator," the liner "Costa Concordia" will continue to move along the route. While the captain calmed the passengers on the internal radio network, the water continued to flow into the hold. Time to organize rescue work was lost. After about an hour, it was no longer possible to lie, the ship's roll reached thirty degrees, and "Costa Concordia" could tip over. The evacuation announced at last took place under conditions of chaos and panic.

The captain did not even bother to give a distress signaland seek assistance from shore rescue services. On board the cruise ship at this time there were 3,216 passengers and more than a thousand crew members and maintenance personnel. All these people, by coincidence, found themselves in an unfortunate place in an unsuccessful time. Lucky for them only in the sense that the shore of the island of Giglio was very close. Who did not have enough space in the lifeboats, had the opportunity to get to it by swimming. And the ship itself did not go to the bottom at the end of its free voyage, but lay on its side near the island village of Gil Porto. Where and remains to this day. The last passengers were removed from it already in the morning with the help of helicopters. They could not all be saved.

"Costa Concordia" - what's next?

Residents of a small and little-known isletThe coast of Italy felt for a few days the attention of all the world's media. And the island suddenly became the owner of such a sight, as the fragments of the transoceanic cruise liner on its shore. "Costa Concordia" was one of the ten largest ships of this kind in the world. The inhabitants of the island urgently demand that it be taken away somewhere. But this task is technically difficult and financially very expensive. While it was possible to carry out its first part - the ship is brought to the vertical position. The question of his future fate is being discussed.