Thread: 25 people are confirmed dead after Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Disaster

This is absolutely terrible and something we knew could happen but never expected.

The Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island of Giglio and listed about 20 degrees, after which people tried to reach land in lifeboats or by swimming. Three deaths have been reported

My thoughts are with everyone on board and especially people that have lost love ones.

TV pictures show her on her side,

Full story, but updates are expected as the day progresses/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16558910

The Costa Statement

Saturday, January 14th


Time 5.00 am
It is a tragedy that deeply affects our company. Our first thoughts go to the victims and we would like to express our condolences and our closeness to their families and friends. In this moment all our efforts are focused on the completion of the last emergency operations, besides providing assistance to the guests and the crew who were onboard in order to have them going back home as soon as possible. The emergency procedures started promptly to evacuate the ship. The slope, gradually taken over by the ship, made the evacuation extremely difficult. We would like to express our profound gratitude to the Coast Guard and all the forces co-ordinated by the Coast Guard, including the authorities and citizens of the island “Isola del Giglio”, who have been involved in the rescue and assistance to guests and crew members. The company will fully co-operate with the relevant Authorities in order to determine the causes of what happened.


Time 1.00 am
Costa Cruises confirms the evacuation of about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members on board of the Costa Concordia. An incident occured near the island 'Isola del Giglio' of the coast of Italy. The evacuation started promptly, but the position of the ship has worsened, making it more complicated to complete the last part of the evacuation. At this moment, the cause of the incident cannot yet be confirmed. The Company is currently working with the highest commitment to provide all the needed assistance. The Costa Concordia was sailing across the Mediterranean Sea, starting from Civitavecchia with scheduled calls to Savona, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo. About 1.000 passengers of Italian nationality were onboard, as well as more of 500 Germans, about 160 French and about 1.000 crew members.


The Guests had to embark today in Savona and in subsequent ports will be contacted directly by Costa Cruises.

More dramatic and tragic pictues of Cost Concordia.

Costa Concordia Tragedy

More pictures of Costa Concordia disaster at Giglio near the Italian Tuscany Coast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16560050

This has been a terrible morning for us people that enjoy cruising. Sorry for the dramatic and terrifying pictures, unfortunately they are news.

Photos of Costa Concordia as seen on the news on my TV set.

Nearly 100 years after the Titanic a disaster of massive proportion has taken place in today’s modern environment,

A few more pictures

13:21 in the UK the latest report still says 3 fatalities and 30 poor souls unaccounted for.

Latest report:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16558910

This really is horrible news. They are now saying 50 people are unaccounted for. Lets hope they are all safe.

Latest news about Costa Concordia. It looks as if the ship had not reached shallow waters, we could be talking about a disaster equalling the Titanic.

The latest BBC bulletin below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16561904

A still picture showing the gash in the hull of the ship.

Pictures now show part of rocks which ripped into the hull.

Ship was four mile of course when the disaster happened, what actually happened we have to wait for the inquiry.

The death toll still remains at three, with70 still not accounted for and persons with injury unfortunately it can rise. About 40 people are being treated in hospital.

The three dead were said to be two French passengers and one Peruvian crew member, according to Italian media reports.

However, local official Giuseppe Linardi told reporters that some of those listed as missing may still be housed in private homes on the small island of Giglio - where those rescued reached land.