The 984 - foot - foresighted cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the island of Giglio , Italy , killing at least three mass . More than 4,000 people have been evacuate , but 50 are still missing . The night photos prompt me of the drop down Titanic .
The accident did n’t involve an iceberg , but it sounds pretty standardized : passengers try a gimcrack crash sound during dinner . At first , the captain told them that the ship had an electric problem but the evacuation started almost instantly after that , as they were ordered to put on their life jackets and walk to their emergency rafts .
The situation aggravate quickly . official said the evacuation became extremely difficult as the ship sunk and the magnetic inclination increase dramatically . According to Giuseppe Linardi — prefect of the city of Grosseto , in the Tuscany part — many panic passenger jumped into the ocean as the Costa Concordia started to quick lean to the side . About 150 of those have already been deliver .
First Video and Images of the Cruise Ship Sinking In Italy Remind Me of the Titanic ( Updated )
speak to local media , a passenger described the scene : “ it was a incubus , if felt like the Titanic , we thought we were going to die [ … ] people shout and kids outcry in the eye of the most absolute swarthiness . ”
One of the passengers was diary keeper Mara Parmegiani , who also described the situation referring to the Titanic . She say that some of the animation cap and the hand brake light were n’t work . In addition to that , “ there were problems deploying some of the evacuation gravy holder , to the point in which [ her ] boat ’s original had to be substituted . ” Apparently , the crew was n’t altogether prepared to take care of the situation .
Some passengers said the voidance was really slow , taking an hour and a one-half between the wallop and the time they left the ship . They pointed out that some of the crew appendage told them that the captain know the situation was grave , but he did n’t act accordingly .
4,179 people have been accounted , 14 of them wound . There were a amount of 4,229 register passengers and crew member in the ship , which was cruising through the Mediterranean . consort to the maker , the Costa Concordia can bind 3,780 passengers and 1,100 crew member . The metropolis prefect pronounce they are searching frantically for the missing people .
Ennio Aquilino , chief of firefighting services of the city of Grosetto , say that the hull is breached on both sides . The ship owners , the Italian company Costa Crociere , says they do n’t know yet what was the cause of the fortuity .
I just ca n’t consider this has pass on a tranquil ocean , in this age of GPS and digital cartographies . [ Russia Today , BBC News , El Mundo , Fox News ]
Update : The ship ’s chieftain — who left the ship two time of day after the stroke — has been arrested by the Italian police under flush of unvoluntary manslaughter , shipwreck and abandoning ship . accord to Grosseto ’s master prosecutor , Francesco Verusio , “ the captain approximated Giglio clumsily , hitting a rock on its remaining side , making the ship to lean , which caused a large amount of water to embark the hull in just two or three minute . ” [ El Mundo ]
The arrested captain and his sinking ship .
A dramatic snap at dark , just as the ship begin to sink .
A closer shot at Nox .
A view of the ship from the island of Giglio .
Aerial position .
Closer thought from above .
The island of Giglio , Italy , where the ship ran aground .
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