Interesting News about Costa Concordia

[TLCOhio]

Here is a great time lapse video showing the Concordia from when it was on it's side to all the way upright.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10311659/Costa-Concordia-salvage-operation-live.html

 

Great video link. From CNN within the last hour this morning, they have this headline: "Costa Concordia righted after massive salvage effort" with lots of good and interesting visuals. Much video coverage this am on several TV networks.

 

Here are the CNN story highlights: "Engineers succeeded Tuesday in righting the Costa Concordia cruise liner off the Italian island of Giglio, where it had capsized when it ran aground in January 2012, killing dozens of people. 'She is standing upright better than anyone thought she would be,' said Nick Sloane, the senior salvage master, about the vessel three football fields in length. In an unprecedented and painstaking process that involved massive pulleys, cables and steel tanks, the 500-person salvage crew from 26 countries rolled the 114,000-ton vessel off the rocks on which it had rested since it ran aground. By midnight, despite delays caused by thunderstorms and the need to tighten a slack cable, the ship had been hauled off the rocks and upward about 25 degrees. That was far enough for the salvage crew to start drawing water into massive steel boxes attached to the exposed side of the hull and then use the weight of that water to finish rolling the hulk onto a steel platform built off the sea floor. There appeared to be no sign of leaks, Gabrielli told reporters -- a promising sign, as the wrecked liner is full of spoiled food and chemicals in material such as paint and lubricants. Authorities will temporarily take back possession of the site to look for the bodies of two crew members still missing, Sloane said. A robotic submarine equipped with surveillance cameras will survey the damaged side of the ship and create models needed in planning for the next phase of operations -- the attachment of more buoyancy chambers called sponsons to the starboard side. Organizers expect the ship won't be towed away for dismantling until the summer of 2014. Tuesday's predawn accomplishment was met with applause from the people of Giglio, a tiny island that was transformed by the disaster."

 

Full story at:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/europe/italy-costa-concordia-salvage/index.html

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

Did a June 7-19, 2011, Celebrity Solstice cruise from Barcelona that had stops in Villefranche, ports near Pisa and Rome, Naples, Kotor, Venice and Dubrovnik. Enjoyed great weather and a wonderful trip. Dozens of wonderful visuals with key highlights, tips, comments, etc., on these postings. We are now at 142,064 views for this live/blog re-cap on our first sailing with Celebrity and much on wonderful Barcelona. Check these postings and added info at:

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[Presto2]

Her is a link to the report on the safety technical investigation. Very interesting reading!

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http://cf.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Costa_Concordia_-_Full_Investigation_Report.pdf

 

I read through that last night - I won't post what I think about those responsible...

 

I found the whole evening deeply sad watching the ship 'rise up' again --- and was particularly touched when the 'horn' sounded when she was finally up right.

 

Can't imagine how the family of the 'missing' passengers are feeling -- so very sad and such an unnecessary loss of life.

[MicCanberra]

Can't imagine how the family of the 'missing' passengers are feeling -- so very sad and such an unnecessary loss of life.

Yes, tragic, I do hope they can be found but I would not be surprised if they do not.:(