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Italian Cruise Ship 70 Victims Still Missing

Abidin Jaenal,15/01/2012 13:15    Liputan6.com, Tuscany: luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, known tourist named Malta Grand Harbour, drowned on the island of Giglio, off the coast Tuscany, Italy, on Saturday (14 / 1) evening local time. Initial reports said eight people were killed and 15 injured during the evacuation. However, the total death toll was revised to three people now confirmed at 9:30 am local time.At 1:00 pm, about 70 people still missing, but the possibility of missing victims could still be saved because the incident is located near the island of Giglio. The ship carrying 4000 passengers on cruise ships that begin the journey from the city of Rome. A spokesman for the SMS, the local agency lines Costa, said the company had no reservations for this cruise.According to the daily Messaggero reported on Sunday (15 / 1), the victims were believed to be jumping into the sea in panic when the ship began to list. One of the victims was a man in his 70's. He died of a heart attack from too shocked when jump into the icy water. More than thirty people were also injured in the accident and some of them serious injury.Most of the 3200 passengers and 1,000 crew members managed to quickly evacuated, but the coast guard is still struggling to save around 200 people trapped. Helicopters with spotlights also been deployed to help rescue teams [read: Sunset Cruise, Three Killed]."At about 8.00 pm local time, the vessel which has a 290-meter-long sink with a slope of 20 degrees. That's because the passengers gathered on the outskirts of the ship to ride the boat," said the coast guard said in a statement.Passengers heard a huge explosion and admitted they initially informed the ship had stopped for electrical reasons, before being told to wear their life jackets. Thus the confession of a passenger from the ship to the ANSA news agency by telephone. The ship was likely hit a reef. (TimesofMalta.com / JAY / AIS)

 

 

 "Ship Captain Drinking with Beautiful Women"

French Couple confess, caught in a boat captain, disguised blanket.Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 5:58 pmElin Yunita Kristanti

  

Viva news - The master named Francesco Schettino become an accused party is responsible for the tragedy of a luxury cruise ship, Costa Concordia which sank Friday night, January 13, 2012.
He even had the Italian police detained since Saturday, January 14, 2012, or a few hours after his ship ran aground. According to news agency Reuters, was charged Schettino layered, ie manslaughter and causing damage and leaving the ship.

Police arrested the captain of the stranded ship
Costa Concordia (REUTERS / Enzo Russo / ANSA)

Yacht management company, Costa Crociere who accuse captains should not apply: the route the ship is too close to the mainland, did not live emergency procedures, and allegedly violated international law.
The passengers were disappointed with the act of the captain. Instead of imitating the heroic attitude of Edward John Smith - captain of the ship Titanic mahsyur - who voted down with his ship, Schettino it first lol.
Phil Metcalf, whose daughter, Rose was one of the last person in the boat said he saw the captain of the ship thought to leave the ship even in the early stages of evacuation. Leaving the passenger, also the staff who struggled trying to save 4200 people are panicking.
"Because the captain left the ship, there is no authority. Every people use every effort to overcome the chaos. It is clear, the crew, with their own accord, to fill the void captain and tried to help rescue the passengers," said he, as published the Daily Mail, Monday, January 16, 2012.
Couple passenger ship, the French military, and police officers Gondelle Ophelie David Du Pays admitted, they caught the ship's captain was in the lifeboat, covering the body and face with a blanket, before all the passengers were evacuated from a sinking ship.
Meanwhile, a passenger from the Netherlands, Monique Maurek (41) claimed to see what the captain of the ship before the accident occurred. "To me this scandal, I saw the captain of the ship spent the night before the ship hit a reef, have a drink at the bar while embracing a beautiful woman," he said.
He also regretted the lack of safety information when hazardous conditions. "Almost all people do not know what kind of warning sound. Only those who recognize the ever sailed before, seven times the sound of the explosion was the signal to abandon ship."
Italian prosecutors are investigating theories about why the captain sailed very close to the island of Giglio. Allegedly he approached the shore to greet his colleague, an Italian merchant ship sailors who were there. Investigators have identified the man near the beach and will memintainya information, as part of the investigation.
In August 2011, the ship Costa Concordia also passed the island of Isola de Giglio, are very close, and 'show off' by sounding the whistle. At that time, the action returned congratulatory Mayor Giglio via email, giving the spectacle and entertainment to the tourists. There are allegations, the captain of the ship it wants to repeat its attractions.
However, Schettino course rejected all accusations directed at him. Male 52 years was admitted, as he realized that there is damage due to collision of rock, he immediately tried to back direction, toward the Port of Giglio.
Problem collision, Schettino admitted, the rock that ripped hull is not recorded in the data. Schettino also denies escape from the ship before the evacuation ended. "We're actually the last to leave the ship," he said. (Daily Mail).