16 years for Captain Costa

[richleeds]

Hurrah!

 

Spineless hit.

 

 

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[MattyBarlow]

Yeah but he will appeal so it will be some time before he's actually in the clink.

[richleeds]

Yeah, Italian laws seem as slimey and slippery as he is.

 

Good start though, the could have believed he fell into the lifeboat!

[tom_uk]

You can read the english translation of the official accident report here. It makes chilling reading, and clearly pins the blame fully on Captain Schettino. The english is a little fractured, but it's intelligible. No question that Captain Schettino failed completely - personally and professionally - that night.

 

There's a lot of information that can be gleaned from this report; not just about the accident but also about how duties are organised on board, and that sort of thing.

[richleeds]

You can read the english translation of the official accident report here. It makes chilling reading, and clearly pins the blame fully on Captain Schettino. The english is a little fractured, but it's intelligible. No question that Captain Schettino failed completely - personally and professionally - that night.

 

There's a lot of information that can be gleaned from this report; not just about the accident but also about how duties are organised on board, and that sort of thing.

 

Im surprised something hasnt happened sooner on Costa, they seem to be a sham operation.

 

Was he even on the bridge when it happened or was he splicing that dancer in his suite?

[tom_uk]

Was he even on the bridge when it happened or was he splicing that dancer in his suite?

 

The Narrative section of the report makes it clear that he was on the bridge when the impact occurred. However, he had only just got there (a few minutes):

 

a) the ship started its manoeuvre towards Giglio at 9pm;

b) the Captain enters the bridge at 21:34 and issues various orders about steering;

c) at 21:37 to 21:38 the Captain has a conversation with someone on shore asking about the safe distance to shore (!);

d) between 21:38 and 21:44 the Captain gives various orders for helm and rudder movements, some of which, to be fair, are misunderstood by the helmsman;

e) at 21:45:07 Costa Concordia hit the rock.

 

Thereafter followed all the events we saw on film.

 

One other criticism (among many) in the report: the charts being used for the manoeuvre were the wrong scale: 1:100000 scale instead of at least 1:50000 or better, 1:20000.

 

One other thing: we should remember that a disaster like the Concordia exposes any and all weaknesses in the officers, crew, organisation command structure, anything. The report into the Costa Concordia disaster lays bare the problems that occurred that night. In my sober moments, I wonder just how well a 'British' ship (e.g. a P&O or Cunard ship) would do, if exposed to the same challenges. Schettino was an experienced, qualified mariner - 16 years in total. There's no suggestion in the report that he didn't deserve his qualification as a master, or wasn't experienced enough. But when he was faced with the ultimate test, he failed catastrophically.

[richleeds]

Yes, and it is the ultimate test that you want the Skipper of either a ship or a plane to prove their worth.

 

Anyone can strut around a ship in their whites but when faced with disaster many cant handle the situation which is worrying.

 

The Asia ATR crash this week has made the airline retest their Captains on engine failure procedures in the sim - many failed.

 

There should have been no loss of life on the Concordia.

 

Shame on him.

[jeanlyon]

Doesn't say much about a Captain if he has to ask the safe distance from the shore!! That's so basic.

[Vampire Parrot]

One other thing: we should remember that a disaster like the Concordia exposes any and all weaknesses in the officers, crew, organisation command structure, anything. The report into the Costa Concordia disaster lays bare the problems that occurred that night. In my sober moments, I wonder just how well a 'British' ship (e.g. a P&O or Cunard ship) would do, if exposed to the same challenges.

 

The following document describes the P&O Bridge Team Command and Control System.

http://www.cachalots.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/BTCC-and-Arrival-Procedures.pdf

[sagaris]

They should have locked him up on Devils Island and thrown away the key.

 

Molly