On the fate of the liner "Costa Concordia"

This story made a lot of noise a couple of years ago. "Costa Concordia", one of the most beautiful and expensive ships of the world, stupidly flew to the pitfalls off the western coast of Italy and barely got to the shore. Most of the passengers on the cruise tour were rescued, but thirty people were killed, and two are missing. Accident of the liner "Costa Concordia" is not without reason is considered the apotheosis of absurdity. Guilty of the death of a giant ship was only his captain Francesco Schetino, arbitrarily neglected by all conceivable rules of navigation, navigation and navigation rules. The deviation from the route by three and a half miles was due to the captain's desire to welcome the old friend, who in the evening had the habit of sitting on the shore of the island. About the possible pitfalls in this place the experienced sea wolf somehow did not think. But after the clash, idiocy continued. "Costa Concordia" received a hole length of thirty meters, and the passengers could not help but feel the impact and gnashing.

Rescue operation

The captain for a long time could not realize the fait accompli, even assured the passengers that there was nothing to worry about and after the solution of "minor technical problems with the generator," the liner "Costa Concordia" would continue to move along the route. While the captain calmed the passengers through the internal radio network, the water continued to flow into the hold. Time to organize the rescue was lost. After about an hour, it was no longer possible to lie, the ship's roll reached thirty degrees, and "Costa Concordia" could tip over. The evacuation announced at last took place under conditions of chaos and panic. The captain did not even bother to give a distress signal and seek assistance from the shore rescue services. On board the cruise ship at this time there were 3,216 passengers and more than a thousand crew members and maintenance personnel. All these people, by coincidence, found themselves in an unfortunate place in an unsuccessful time. Lucky for them only in the sense that the shore of the island of Giglio was very close. Who did not have enough space in the lifeboats, had the opportunity to get to it by swimming. And the ship itself did not go to the bottom at the end of its free voyage, but lay on its side near the island village of Gil Porto. Where and remains to this day. The last passengers were removed from it already in the morning with the help of helicopters. We could not save everyone.

"Costa Concordia" - what's next?

Residents of a small and little-known island off the coast of Italy felt for a few days the attention of all the world's media. And the island itself unexpectedly became the owner of such an attraction as the fragments of a transoceanic cruise liner on its shore. "Costa Concordia" was one of the ten largest ships of this kind in the world. The inhabitants of the island urgently demand that it be taken away somewhere. But this task is technically difficult and financially very costly. While it was possible to carry out its first part - the vessel is brought to a vertical position. The question of his future fate is being discussed.