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13 January 2012,
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and sank after striking an underwater obstruction off Isola del Giglio,Tuscany.
Six people died and 29 are said to be missing after the Costa Concordia's hull was torn open.
The ship had left the Italian port of Civitavecchia at 7.18pm local time, heading out for a two-week tour of the Mediterranean with over 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew.
On the night of 13th January 2012 Captain Francesco Schettino had ordered the ship to deviate from the planned route as a 'salute' to those on the shore. But at 9.45pm the ship hit a reef, which the captain later claimed was not marked on maps or satellite navigation euqipment.
The planned route was controlled by onboard computers, but the deviation meant plans were abandoned - the ship's "black box" voice recorder telling the story of panick, as frantic conversations between captain and crew took place.
The Costa Concordia hit a rocky outcrop travelling at 16 knots - the damage to the hull left the engine rooms flooded and power was lost.
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The contact could be heard by passengers on board and caused a temporary power blackout when water flooded the engine room. The captain, Francesco Schettino, ordered evacuation after an hour of drifting, during which the ship had started to list. Meanwhile, the harbour authorities were alerted by worried passengers, and vessels were sent to the rescue. During a six-hour evacuation, most passengers were brought ashore. The search for missing people continued for several months, with all but two being accounted for. The ship was righted on 17 September 2013, and on 24 October 2013 it was reported that DNA analysis of one body found earlier in the same month confirmed it was the body of missing Italian passenger Maria Grazia Trecarichi.
Costa Concordia, operated by Costa Crociere (Costa Cruises), is one of the largest ships ever to be abandoned, dominating international media in the days after the disaster. Schettino was arrested on preliminary charges of manslaughter in connection with causing a shipwreck, failing to assist 300 passengers, and failing to be the last to leave the wreck.He was later charged with failing to describe to maritime authorities the scope of the disaster and with abandoning incapacitated passengers.Costa Cruises offered compensation to passengers (to a limit of €11,000 a person) to pay for all damages, including the value of the cruise. One-third of the passengers took this offer. The company also at first offered to pay Captain Schettino's legal costs, but later changed its mind.
There were immediate fears of an ecological disaster, as the partially submerged wreck was in danger of slipping into much deeper water, with a risk of oil pollution that could have devastated the popular tourist zone. In the end, no significant fuel leak occurred, and all the fuel was extracted safely from the ship by 24 March 2012. Costa Concordia has been officially declared a "constructive total loss" by the insurance company, with her salvage expected to be "one of the biggest maritime salvage operations".
The captain was detained on suspicion of manslaughter and for violations of the Italian Penal Code and Code of Navigation on three specifications: of his having caused the shipwreck "owing to ... imprudence, negligence and incompetence" resulting in deaths; having abandoned about 300 people "unable to fend for themselves"; and "not having been the last to leave" a shipwreck.
Schettino (captain) was released from jail on 17 January but was placed under house arrest.[84] The house arrest order included an "absolute prohibition against going away or communicating by any means with persons other than his cohabitants." On 7 February, the Court decided to continue Schettino's house arrest. On 23 February, two additional charges, of "abandoning incapacitated passengers and failing to inform maritime authorities" were levied against Captain Schettino. His pretrial hearing was scheduled for 20 March. On 5 July 2012, Schettino was released from house arrest but mandated to reside in Meta di Sorrento.
Officials were initially trying to determine why the ship did not issue a mayday and why she was navigating so close to the coast. The delay in the evacuation request was also unexplained.
In a separate trial for manslaughter and causing the loss of the ship, Captain Francesco Schettino has been seeking a plea bargain agreement. However when his trial resumed in October 2013, the Moldavian dancer Domnica Cemortan, 26, admitted being his lover and being on the ship without a ticket, after the prosecution alleged that her presence on the bridge “generated confusion and distraction for the captain”.The helmsman Jacob Rusli Bin failed to turn up in March 2014 to give evidence and was thought to be somewhere in Indonesia.[256] Roberto Ferrarini told the court in April that "Schettino asked me to tell the maritime authorities that the collision was down to a blackout on the ship. But I strongly objected. "Passengers told the court in May that if they had followed the officers' orders to return to their cabins, they would have been drowned.
Media:
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Coverage of the shipwreck dominated international media in the days after the disaster. The New York Times called the incident "a drama that seemed to blend tragedy with elements of farce".Phillip Knightley called it the "most significant event in modern maritime history" because "every single safety procedure designed to make sea travel safe failed miserably".
UK's Channel 4 television commissioned and broadcast two programmes about the disaster. Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Costa Concordia, broadcast on 31 January 2012, explored how and why the ship went down. The Sinking of the Concordia: Caught on Camera, broadcast on 11 April 2012, provided a minute-by-minute anatomy of the Costa Concordia disaster, made almost entirely from passengers' mobile phone and video camera footage. The documentary also featured thermal imaging footage of the stricken ship taken by the rescue helicopter, together with pilot commentary, and a recording of the conversation between the Coast Guard and the captain, during which the Coast Guard ordered Captain Schettino to return to his ship.
Sources: BBC World, NYtimes and Wikipidia
Video docu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MtWxnRBVvg
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