Italian Cruise Ship Wreck
By KEVIN DOLAK LAMA HASAN PHOEBE NATANSON and CLARK BENTSON.
Italian cruise ship wreck. The Italian captain of the cruise ship that ran aground -- killing three people and injuring 20 more -- was arrested late Saturday and is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship said a local prosecutor in Grosetto. First published on Sun 2 Jun 2019 0542 EDT. Missing Grows to 29 Six are reported dead and the captain is due in court Tuesday.
Costa Concordia disaster the capsizing of an Italian cruise ship on January 13 2012 after it struck rocks off the coast of Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Several of the ships crew notably. The Rex was conceived as a dual-purpose luxury passenger ship for both Atlantic voyages and pleasure cruises.
Httpsabcnws2EQLcyTOut-of-control cruise ship crashes into tourist boat o. A man who spent his honeymoon on the Costa Concordia is now part of a team dismantling the cruise ship wreck two and a half years after it was holed and sank off Italy. Italian Cruise Ship Wreck.
The Italian news media portrayed the salvage as a chance for Italy to revamp its image after the wreck in which the captain fled the damaged ship and the evacuation was chaotic. A profile of 52-year-old Italian cruise liner captain Francesco Schettino jailed for manslaughter for his role in the Costa Concordia maritime disaster in January 2012. Italys shipwreck captain.
Italian Cruise Ship Captain Arrested After Deadly Wreck. In 1958 the Italian Line began planning new ships to replace the ageing MS Saturnia and MS Vulcania. The wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been successfully raised from the under-sea platform it has been resting on for the past year salvage workers say.
Her tourist class accommodation designed with the American middle classes in mind gave a substantial boost to the Italian tourist trade. When the 114137-ton Costa Concordia and her sister ships entered service they were among the largest ships built in Italy until the construction of the 130000 GT Dream-class cruise ships. Many famous naval disasters happen far out at sea but on January 13 2012 the Costa Concordia wrecked just off the coast of an Italian island in relatively shallow water.
