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An Italian government minister has called for the marooned cruise ship Costa Concordia to be chained to the sea bed to stop it slipping into deep water as a British passenger said she would sue the owners after she lost her husband's ashes while abandoning ship.
Experts using sensors to monitor the movement of the vessel, which is lying on its side in 37 metres of water off the Tuscan island of Giglio, said it was shifting at a rate of about 7mm an hour.
Divers searching for missing passengers were due to be allowed back on board the ship on Saturday after being evacuated for the third time on Friday when sensors picked up movement from the vessel. If the wreck moves 30 metres offshore it will fall into depths of 70 metres.
Eleven passengers are known to have died after the captain, Francesco Schettino, steered the 114,000-tonne vessel carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew into a rocky outcrop on 13 January while attempting to "salute" a Giglio resident.
full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/20/call-costa-concordia-chained-down
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Although, I'm starting to like the guy...
"I accidentally fell into a life boat"
That's pretty good.
Owlet
(1,248 posts)Maybe we should set up a defense fund for him. Looks like he'll need it.
Costa Crociere SpA, the company that owns the ship, offered support to the captain in the hours after the emergency but has now turned its back on the man who is under investigation for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship.
Schettino, who was jailed after he left the ship, is under house arrest near Naples.
Costa in recent days has suspended Schettino, announced it is no longer paying his legal fees and has signed on as a civil party in the prosecution, a move that positions it as an injured party and would allow it to seek damages in the case of a guilty verdict.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/01/201212103831436627.html
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)You puts somebody in charge of your ship, and you makes your bed.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)Seeing how close the ship is to land I wonder why they haven't used cables to stabilize the Concordia.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)I can't imagine she'd have any sort of case. Wouldn't that count as a personal possession?
When the ship is sinking, leave your personal possessions behind and get your ass in the lifeboat.