Just_A_Guy Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 CNN coverage here.Ship seems recklessly close to shore; but I've got to hand it to the crew. Getting 4200 people off a sinking ship in the middle of the night is no picnic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 The deaths were caused by people jumping off the ship. At least, that's what was reported when I read about it last night. What were they thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 The deaths were caused by people jumping off the ship. At least, that's what was reported when I read about it last night. What were they thinking?I wonder if they were just reacting how they saw people in movies with sinking ships react. "Jump free! Don't get sucked under!" only issue is the ship wasn't going under, it was going over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 I wonder if they were just reacting how they saw people in movies with sinking ships react. "Jump free! Don't get sucked under!" only issue is the ship wasn't going under, it was going over.My understanding is that when you get shot, even if mortally wounded, you typically still have between twenty seconds and five minutes of useful movement and action. But most people just fall down and start bleeding to death, because they have been conditioned by movies and television to do so. Very, very weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 My understanding is that when you get shot, even if mortally wounded, you typically still have between twenty seconds and five minutes of useful movement and action. But most people just fall down and start bleeding to death, because they have been conditioned by movies and television to do so. Very, very weird.If ever I'm shot, I'll probably jump through a table or out a window for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 It's very odd that the ship took rock damage to her port side but wound up rolling to starboard. The ship's AIS track here doesn't account for the ship's current position as shown in local photographs. I'd guess that the captain must have made a hard turn back towards Giglio Porto, causing the ship to develop a hard list to starboard that it couldn't recover from as it was taking on water.Given the shallow water the ship sank in, it's hard to tell whether that last turn was brilliant or stupid. Italian police seem to be taking the latter approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 If ever I'm shot, I'll probably jump through a table or out a window for the same reason.At the very least you need to fling yourself back several feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierGuy Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I have a Roku streaming player hooked to the TV and I added a channel to get European news. I watched a news cast from Europe last night and the images they showed of the ship were amazingly terrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 The Concordia apparently has "buzzed" (if that's possible for a cruise ship) the island a few times before, coming extremely close at high speeds in the dead of night. See this video taken last August. The ship doesn't stop there, so I can't see any excuse for this behavior other than showmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 They are saying in the papers today that the ships owners are blaming it on "human error", but that seems incredible. You would think that a ship launched only five years ago would have dozens of fail safe mechanisms to stop this happening. I can imagine a ship being blown onto rocks by a storm, but this was on a calm night.I know it's not funny, but I couldn't help laughing when I watched Daybreak this morning. An investigator had managed to book a cabin on this very ship. They took £800 for the ticket, and even sent him a confirmation letter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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