Nine people feared dead as cargo ship crashes into control tower in the Italian port of Genoa

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Independent

Rescue workers in diving gear have found seven bodies in the wreckage after a cargo ship slammed into the dock at Genoa, toppling the busy Italian port's control tower into the harbour.

Four people were hospitalized and two others remained unaccounted for, Luca Cari, spokesman for the fire rescue teams at the scene, told The Associated Press.
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One theory prosecutors were considering was that a possible mechanical failure aboard the ship left the captain unable to steer it properly, Italian news reports said, citing prosecutor Michele de Lecce.

Mauro described the ship, the Jolly Nero of the Ignazio Messina & C. SpA Italian shipping line, as somewhat unique in its height, so that the full weight of the ship slammed "violently" into the tower itself, not just the dock.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nine-people-feared-dead-as-cargo-ship-crashes-into-control-tower-in-the-italian-port-of-genoa-8607040.html

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(the bottom picture is not the ship that hit it; more pictures, including the ship that hit it (it sounds like it backed into it, since the damage to the ship is at the stern) here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22449128 )

[Warpy]

1. Timing couldn't have been worse

It was shift change, so double the number of people were there at the time.

I hope a miracle occurs and the missing four are found alive.

[xtraxritical]

2. Prayers.