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- mg330
Live stream of the salvage crew working on getting the ship upright.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-eu…
I've been pretty fascinated with this. Should have it upright today.
- arne0
- oey0
there's this rumor, that all happened because of an ugly fuck...
- panacea0
El Capitan is on house arrest.
Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974
http://www.admiraltylawguide.com…, (no Wikipedia Entry BTW = Did you mean: atheist convention), will limit the restitution of the passengers affected.According to NPR, it's ~$70K that can be collected or sued for claim.
- ghandolf0
Here's how you do it actually... they had an animation on the broadcast that showed 3 tugboats pulling from seaside, and pivots/shackles/pulleys bolted into the rocks to hold it in place. Unfortunately, the animation is not included with this clip here.
- ghandolf0
I'd heard an early report that apparently, he was headed in the opposite direction than they way it's lying now. After striking the rock, he continued on, dropped an anchor on port side to execute a tighter left turn using that anchor as a pivot point, bringing the boat closer to shore, where it then rolled over, instead of it sinking further out to sea.
They can float sunken ships back to the surface again. I would assume they will either patch the exposed hole (if that's the only one - and actually that's a blessing to have it right there and dry). They could right it, pumping it out, using barge cranes and starboard side inflatables to push and pull it upright and float it away again... depends on damages, rocks under it... etc.
I can't believe that they would cut it up and remove in pieces. I would find that more daunting, more messy, more time consuming, and risks the environment more. It would be possible to 'cut' it into pieces, as they do with all old ships however, this process is extremely messy and more than likely would ruin that coastline. It depends on the unknown damage we can't see underneath. The hole they blew in the side of it, would be above the water line, if raised again.
- I think 3 or 4 tugboats could pull that thing upright again if it didn't roll the other way.ghandolf
- mg330
^ See, that's what interesting. I had originally thought he'd driven that damn boat as close to shore as where it's currently located. That seemed like madness to me. But like I posted above, he hit the rocks further out, then steered it closer to shore where it tipped over.
I just can't wait to see what they do to get it out of there - will they save it somehow and let it float again? Sink it? Take it apart?
- probably try to tow it out a little further and let it sink.dbloc
- ghandolf0
^ (From Link above)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/…"The captain confirmed that he took the cruise liner close to Giglio’s rocky coast in order to give a ‘salute’ to an old colleague, a former Costa Cruises captain named Mario Palombo."
“It’s true that the salute was for Commodore Mario Palombo, with whom I was on the telephone. The route was decided as we left Civitavecchia but I made a mistake on the approach. I was navigating by sight because I knew the depths well and I had done this manoeuvre three or four times. But this time I ordered the turn too late and I ended up in water that was too shallow.
“I don’t know why it happened, I was a victim of my instincts.”
Once he had reached dry land and was allowed to leave the harbour master's office, Schettino's primary concern was to buy some dry socks. "
The Prosecution rests, Your Witness, Your Honor...
- i_monk0
Were the rocks flagged/bouyed at all?
- panacea0
This guy was fucking drunk or high, watch!
- bliznutty0
i find it hard to believe that with all the technology of today that there wasn't any way for the drivers of this ship to detect dangerous rocks in its path..
hell i remember going fishing 15 years ago in a flatboat and having a cheap little device that tells you there are fish under the water..
what the hell is going on here? how do submarines work?
- because those devices don't have a way of overriding arrogant, idiotic decision-making, apparentlyprophetone
- panacea0
Costa Concordia: captain ‘says he tripped and fell into lifeboat’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/…
- capn_ron0
nothing to see here folks. move along.
- jadrian_uk0
it was capitan nemo and his nautilus
- mg330