Costa Concordia: Photo of Massive Rock in Cruise Ship’s Hull, Ill-Fated Route
[Photo-Image: Massive rock in Costa Concordia hull]
At approximately 9:30 PM, Tuscany time, January 13, 2012, the $450 million luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia carrying more than 4200 passengers struck a rocky underwater reef tearing a massive 160-meter gash in the hull. The reef, located near a rocky outcrop called Le Scole, located a few hundred meters off the coast of the tiny island of Giglio in the Mediterranean Sea. The above photo, the massive rock lodged in the Costa Concordia hull.
Link to an interactive graphic of the Costa Concordia’s ill-fated Friday the 13th voyage.
Dramatic Italy Coast Guard infrared video footage of rescue of Costa Concordia passengers:
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Night-Vision infrared video of rescue passengers Cruiseship Costa Concordia
Dramatic view evacuation and rescue people of Cruiseship Costa Concordia.
Infrared Video Shows Italian coast guard video shows passengers getting off the Costa Concordia and how close they are to the rocks.
The number of death people is 11, 24 people are still missing
Wednesday, Italian rescue workers suspended operations after the Costa Concordia shifted on the rocky ledge near the port of Giglio. The current death toll, 11, with 22, still missing.
On Tuesday the captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, 51, told a judge he changed the route, the ship cruising 0.28 nautical miles from the coast of Giglio.
Highly informative the coverage of the Costa Concordia sinking and route by the Turkish website SeaNews.com who put forth the theory of Captain Schettino’s lack of knowledge on the ‘effect of squat’.
According to experts; “Such ships has a draught of about 8 metres, but however, as the ship gets underway, she also “squats”. Effect of the squat increases as the ship’s speed increase. It might be as much as 3 metres as the ship gets underway up to 15 knots. Effect of squat further increases at shallow waters. Most of the captains either does not know or does not account the effect of squat at restricted waters. This might be the case for Captain Schettino, because he was quoted as saying that the rock should not be there. May be the rock should be there but not the ship. Because it was ship’s draught was increased; it was not the waters shallowed” experts said.
Experts also pointed out that electronic equipment was not only be relied upon to navigate in such constrained waters. “The captain could maneouver by his local knowledge at such restricted areas, there is no time to look at electronic equipment and take a decision. Ships drift due to course alterations, even centimeters are important, and squat is also important if the ship’s speed is over 5 knots. Therefore, usually such areas are pilotage areas. What taught at schools- even before right is starboard and left is port- is the proverb “SAFETY IS AT OPEN SEAS”. The course alteration to Giglio island for a salutation three long is therefore a big risk for ship’s safety” experts quoted.
Video of Costa Concordia passing 230m from the island of Giglio on August 14, 2011, to mark La Notte di San Lorenzo, ‘the night of the shooting stars’ Tuscan lore:
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