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Hello all,
I went to bed last night at the news the Costa Concordia had run aground off the coast of Italy, only to wake up this morning and hear that she had sank.

It all happened at about 9pm CET (Europe time, GMT+1). After the Costa Concordia had left the port of Civitavecchia at 7pm, it sailed towards Savona, its first port of call, when disaster struck at around 9pm. There were 4,000 people on board (3,000 passengers, 1,000 staff) and so far at least 3 people have been killed, while 70 people are still unaccounted for.

A harbour master said the ship started taking on water after it "hit an obstacle" - rumoured to be a rocky reef - "ripping a gash 50m (160ft) across" on the left side. Officials initially said the liner was listing at an angle of 20 degrees but it was not in danger of sinking. Hours later and it was on an 80 degree angle, with half the ship submerged under water. By 1.20am, officials said the evacuation of passengers and crew had virtually been completed.

Many of the passengers have spoken to news teams since, here are what two passengers said:



This is expected to seriously raise questions on why the ships navigation system hadn't alerted the ships crew about how close they were to the rocks. The story of the Costa Concordia has already been compared to that of Titanic and Dona Paz. Officials say that anyone worried about a passenger on board should contact their Foreign Office (Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK, US Department of State etc) or their country's Embassy in Rome. I hope all our thoughts go out to the passengers of the Costa Concordia, especially the families of the three people who died.

Sky News
BBC News
CNN

Click on the Spoiler below to see some images of the ship sinking:
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Oh my gosh you're kidding! I don't want to cry...

It's shocking to me that the news media, and even one or two passengers, may be describing this as even REMOTELY like the Titanic disaster. It's nothing at ALL like it. The situation is entirely dissimilar, and the loss of life far, FAR less by comparison.

However, it is sad that anyone did lose their lives in this, and that several have gone missing. I hope it all gets sorted out. Having been on a cruise ship before, I know how frustrating and confusing the lifeboat thing can be. Especially when most of the crew doesn't speak English as a primary language.

I think, because of the fame of the disaster, whenever lifeboats are needed people just HAVE to compare it to the Titanic.

EDIT:// Italian Police have arrested the captain and is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship as the Concordia was repotted over 3 miles away from where it should have been.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/ja ... sfeed=true

Some more photos here: http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-505263_162- ... ontentBody

This was a total disaster and a shame for us all. The capitain abandoned the ship and tried to save ONLY HIMSELF, leaving all the other people and crewship to their destiny. He was told to return in the ship but he found a million of excuses to not do so. They ordered him to return to help but he refused. How can this be a capitain? How can this be a man that only thinks for himself?
Why did all this happen? Because he wanted to "say hi" to someone near the coast. And he said that a rock underwater shouldn't be there. Oh, of course, rocks appear from nowhere, radars and such didn't show it. The boat should have been sailing 5 miles from the beach, while he brought it just just 1 mile far.


Oh, how I wish they arrested him. They sorta did it, he's now home, he can't leave it but he's at home. I really hope he'll get truly arrested and left in a cell for the rest of his life. All the people who died, were simply having some nice time, having a cruise, maybe couples who wanted to celebrate 50 years of weding and what did they found? Death.
11 people died.
28 people still unaccounted.
I've just listened on TV that they stopped to search for lost people, as it's clear that it's impossible that they're still alive.
I really hope with all my heart that the capitain will get punished, I've heard the telephone discussion that he had, it's something that leave you jaw dropped, you ask how can some people be around.
Sorry if I've sounded rude or angry, but that's how I feel.