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reportedly, Costa's "Costa Europa" crashed into the pier at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, this morning, killing three crew members.
Early news reports claim that the ship was heavily damaged.
Best,
Raoul
Certainly the deck areas are not the safest areas during the docking evolution, but wow, I am speechless.
Apparently, so unconfirmed reports say, it was a combination of the freak bad weather, high winds, hailstorms and goodness knows what which has been sweeping through Egypt over the last 24 hours; lots of damage, injuries and a few deaths.
However we await to hear if this was part of the problem with Costa Europa. Very sad indeed re the crew members.
Pam
The ship is reported to have a two metre hole in her hull.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8538505.stm
Ernie
quote:Originally posted by timb:I suspect that they purposely filled the tanks on the oposite side to keep that hole up out of the water
Most likely. She would be listing on the other side if this was water which entered the hole. They will have to do some welding work in order to make the ship seaworthy again. It's probably easier that way, especialy considering the fact that repair equipments available in this port are probably less than optimal.
J
Ben.
Cruise liner slams into dock at Egyptian Red Sea resort, leaving 3 crew members dead
AL-ARISH, Egypt - A luxury cruise liner carrying nearly 1,500 passengers slammed into the pier as it docked Friday at an Egyptian Red Sea resort in fierce winds, leaving three crew members dead, officials said.
The ship's owner, Costa Crociera, said the vessel sprung a leak on the right side after banging into the dock at about 4:45 a.m. "We sadly have to confirm the deaths of 3 crew members," the company said in a statement. "The ship is now safely docked in port."
Other passengers were being put up in hotels and arrangements were being made to return them to their home countries, according to the company.
Witnesses said fierce winds had rocked the area overnight and the ship was slammed part way onto the pier.
Bad weather was believed to be the cause of the collision, which left a 2 metre (yard) hole in the body of the ship, according to an Egyptian security official.
The Costa Europa ship had been on an 18-day cruise from Dubai to Savona and had 1,437 guests on board, Italy.
Police and rescue officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information, said the three killed include an Indian, a Brazilian and a Honduran, but the company did not confirm nationalities.
Mohammed Fayez, head of South Sinai ambulance services, said the bodies were still being removed from the ship. The vessel had arrived in Sharm el-Sheik from another Red Sea port in Safaga, local officials said.
The 55,000-ton ship, which was built in 1986, was restored and entered into service with Costa in 2002, the company said.
It's one of 16 cruise ships belonging to the Genoa, Italy-based Costa Crociera line, the Italian subsidiary of Carnival Corp.
quote:Originally posted by PamM:The Sun article is incorrect...
It also calls it a 'boat'!
Thanks. Makes sense.
Cam J
On this article of the sun, there's a picture where you can see the bunk beds of the deceased crew members through the hole in the hull.
link
quote:Originally posted by PamM:They might be struggling to get her repaired in time for the first Thomson cruises next month.Pam
I assume that there will be an investigation and 'mechanical failure' will have to be ruled-out as well as the 'human failure' and 'acts of god'.
Surely this will belay the handover to Thomson?
quote:Originally posted by mike sa:Eygpt are evidentally sending Costa a bill to repair the damage to the pier !
That's how business works! I assume ships have insurance like cars against accidents?
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