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Title: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: Christian on January 14, 2012, 07:26:55 AM
This night italian cruise vessel COSTA CONCORDIA run aground and 6 people died!

Here are italian picts:

http://www.youreporter.it/foto_Costa_Concordia_all_Isola_del_Giglio
Title: Re: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: Cody Williams on January 14, 2012, 07:34:40 AM
Already a thread about it.
Title: Re: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: Dave Forbes on January 14, 2012, 12:14:19 PM
The ship hit bottom on a sand bar and the Captain took the decision to drive her ashore before she started to list.
Title: Re: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: Gianpaolo on January 14, 2012, 01:22:09 PM
Unfortunately the COSTA CONCORDIA was not born under a brilliant star
1)in her launch the champagne bottle not braking!!!!!
2)in 2008 a great danger in bow in stormy wind at palermo
3)the fact of yesterday
The destinty give a hand in our life!!!!!
GP
Title: Re: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: Tuomas Romu on January 14, 2012, 03:04:29 PM
Let's continue the discussion in the other topic and not split it to two threads:

http://forum.shipspotting.com/index.php/topic,9760 (http://forum.shipspotting.com/index.php/topic,9760)
Title: Re: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: Fergal Clohessy on January 14, 2012, 03:28:00 PM
if that had been suggested initially, instead of just "already a thread about it"...
a little bit of manners go a long way
Title: Re: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: Damien McCarthy on January 15, 2012, 11:53:26 AM
found out this morning that the Italians have rescued two Koreans alive from a cabin on the ship and made contact with another survivor
Title: Re: Costa Condoria run aground !!
Post by: polsteam on January 16, 2012, 11:34:39 PM
Unfortunately the COSTA CONCORDIA was not born under a brilliant star
1)in her launch the champagne bottle not braking!!!!!
2)in 2008 a great danger in bow in stormy wind at palermo
3)the fact of yesterday
The destinty give a hand in our life!!!!!
GP


the name Concordia is not very lucky either...

do you remember sinking of Concordia "class afloat" training sailing vessel off South American shores a year or two ago ?...