cruise ship runs ago in Italy. six dead
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Mermaid-
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Mcqueen-
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Somebody is going to lose their job, All that equipment on board and ran aground ?, Not good at all,
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I would have been terrified being on there,I can't swim. This has made me never want to go on one.
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oh dear thats bad news.i wouldnt touch one of them costa ships with a barge pole.i remember when one caught fire years ago.the bloody crew were the first off.Mermaid wrote:cruise ship runs ago in Italy. six dead
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They are the safest form of travel Mermaid. These days so much in place, no one would have been killed if it wasn't for desperation. That is a problem, panic. The lifeboats on one side could possibly hold all the passengers and if people think about it the harbour is probably not deep enough to take that size ship down. Ships take days now to completely sink so best option get high.Mermaid wrote:I would have been terrified being on there,I can't swim. This has made me never want to go on one.
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Well I'm with Mermaid on this - also cruises are full of old people, (not that I am generalising) :whistle2:
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If its stuck on a sandbank whats the rush to get off ?, It isnt sinking is it,
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You are right Steve...............Gypsy, the average age for a cruise these days is early 40's.Mcqueen wrote:If its stuck on a sandbank whats the rush to get off ?, It isnt sinking is it,
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... and gay but I did say I was generalising.
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Its the staff that are Gay and they have Captains on Ships not Generals, silly woman.Gypsy wrote:... and gay but I did say I was generalising.
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This is a picture of the 'Lagik' which ran aground while manouvering at Port Sutton Bridge in 2000. It is just downstream from where my yacht is berthed. When the tide went out the vessel broke in three and blocked the river for weeks. The Pilot and Captain were apparently arguing at the time. Even professionals get it wrong sometimes...........
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Look how close to shore that Liner is. That can't possibly be legal. A ship that size must have to stay a required distance away from land I would have thought.
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Makes no sense that one, Where was the crew ?, Radar, alarms WTF
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Crew like passengers, sliding down the deckheads and bulkheads.Mcqueen wrote:Makes no sense that one, Where was the crew ?, Radar, alarms WTF
They spoke today about people being trapped with the cabin door on the ceiling, what about the ones on inside port side cabins, their doors will be on the deck, submerged. It must be inside cabins where they will find the dead ones.
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Captain Schettino could get 2,500 years. He'll be hoping for life then...The Telegraph
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Costa Concordia/Captain Schettino
When this story first broke, I initially had some sympathy with the captain if his version of events turned out to be proven correct, in his claim the charts showed no rocks and that it was not the first time he had sailed such a course.
If his action after the event are proven! well that’s a different issue.
But keeping to his original claim that the rocks he hit were not charted, which I have since read Lloyds confirmed they did not show on UK charts, is he at fault for the accident....
OK, it will be said he was off course, but this was seemingly not unusual and had been accepted in the past.
I frequently travelled a UK ferry route, during the winter months the ferry kept well away from the coastline, but during the summer months the ship hugged the coastline to give the tourists a more scenic journey...
So I ask again, excluding Captain Schettino actions following the event, is he guilty if the charts showed no obstacles....
When this story first broke, I initially had some sympathy with the captain if his version of events turned out to be proven correct, in his claim the charts showed no rocks and that it was not the first time he had sailed such a course.
If his action after the event are proven! well that’s a different issue.
But keeping to his original claim that the rocks he hit were not charted, which I have since read Lloyds confirmed they did not show on UK charts, is he at fault for the accident....
OK, it will be said he was off course, but this was seemingly not unusual and had been accepted in the past.
I frequently travelled a UK ferry route, during the winter months the ferry kept well away from the coastline, but during the summer months the ship hugged the coastline to give the tourists a more scenic journey...
So I ask again, excluding Captain Schettino actions following the event, is he guilty if the charts showed no obstacles....
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We were cruising from Tunis to Naples and the Skipper went off course and sailed around Stromboli to show us it erupting.
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Vince went off-course in his new ice breaker yacht and look what he did!
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You promised not to split on him.