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| Thread ID: 122903 | 2012-01-19 18:18:00 | "I Tripped And Accidentally Fell Into A Lifeboat........................." | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1255007 | 2012-01-19 18:18:00 | He said he accidentally fell ("tripped" was the euphemism) and somehow the lifeboat got lowered and launched in the fifteen minutes just before the ship assumed a list so severe that launching any other lifeboats was impossible . And that was hours before the rest of the passengers got off the ship - some never did . Time to keelhaul and then garrote a captain for dereliction of duty and loss of life under the color of authority on the high seas methinks . LINK: . euronews . net/2012/01/17/fall-of-an-italian-cruise-captain" target="_blank">www . euronews . net A captain stripped of his ship, Francesco Schettino has been in a cell since Saturday, the 52-year-old portrayed as a maverick by critics — as the man who sank the Concordia . Damning reviews of his performance have been surging in . On Friday, at around 9 . 00pm, the cruiser sailed in close to the island of Giglio, home port of the ship’s head waiter . Some sources say that as a favour to him Schettino ordered the vessel to approach the shore to salute the 800 islanders . The fateful passage was interrupted at around 9 . 40pm . A rock got in the way – a rock under water that was not on charts, the captain said . His employer, Costa Cruises, poured cold water on this, directly contradicting him . “I can confirm to you that this rock does appear on maps,” senior German manager Heiko Jensen said . “The captain made an independent decision to change the course specified by Costa . The ship was obviously too close to the shore, and the captain’s assessment of the emergency did not correspond with Costa standards . ” This was a reference to the length of time it took Schettino to declare an emergency: he waited until an hour after the collision . The port authority said he first brushed it off as some sort of electrical problem . It was chaos on the listing ship . There has been speculation from various media that Concordia officers were so frustrated at the delay that they began the evacuation before receiving the order to abandon ship and launch the life boats . There were well over 4,000 people to save . Witnesses place the captain on dry land at 11:40, which was six hours before the bulk of the cruise customers were rescued . The port authority urged Schettino to reboard the vessel by rope ladder, to coordinate operations, at a 1 . 45am, but he would not . At some point, passengers died . (An understatement, this) The charges against Schettino carry a possible 12-year prison sentence for leaving his ship prematurely, and 15 years for involuntary manslaughter . Critics said Schettino was a show-off with little consideration for others, for instance giving orders to sail from Marseilles in November, in spite of a raging storm . Just another rogue nation flagged-ship - Italian I think . Rife with irregularities in maritime rules and enforcement of same, these ships are a floating death trap . Panamanian flagged ships are no less a potential for death on the seas too . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1255008 | 2012-01-19 19:58:00 | The crew of passenger vessels spend their working life tripping. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1255009 | 2012-01-19 20:06:00 | The mrs almost wet herself when she heard that on the news. Isn't that what all men say? | plod (107) | ||
| 1255010 | 2012-01-19 20:26:00 | The mrs almost wet herself when she heard that on the news. Isn't that what all men say? I thought he would have said "some **** pushed me. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1255011 | 2012-01-19 22:37:00 | I wonder if Tui will pick this up? :D |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1255012 | 2012-01-19 23:22:00 | Yes, but he didn't get back out and back on the boat............... | pctek (84) | ||
| 1255013 | 2012-01-19 23:37:00 | What an *******. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 1255014 | 2012-01-20 03:37:00 | An email from an Aussie friend today . . . . Italian Cruise Liners The current plight of the Costa Concordia reminds me of a comment made by Churchill . After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian cruise liner and some Italian journalists asked why an ex British Prime Minister should chose an Italian ship . “There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship” said Churchill . “First their cuisine is unsurpassed . Second their service is superb . And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women and children first” . |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1255015 | 2012-01-20 04:09:00 | Very convenient that lifeboat being exactly in the right place :lol: | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1255016 | 2012-01-20 04:48:00 | i wonder if they had violinist beside the life boats .... playing that theme song - classic. |
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