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quote:Originally posted by dmwnc1:Don't know if this was already posted, a documentary (in four parts) with some incredible footage I had not seen before. well worth watching.www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4ncbuHnua6cwww.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5RSZEXCnrYE www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y5B8h0dTCXwwww.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJ7Ph10vrQ[ 02-02-2012: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4ncbuHnua6c
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5RSZEXCnrYE www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y5B8h0dTCXw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJ7Ph10vrQ
[ 02-02-2012: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]
That's a Channel 4 programme, which may be blocked outside the UK.
I watched the programme the other night. It was gripping. It consisted mainly of interviews with British survivors (passengers and crew members), and passenger-shot video footage. It was very, very dramatic, all the more so because the interviews and the voice-over commentary were kept very quiet and calm. For example, a woman passenger explaining how she eventually got off the ship from the port side hull, by crawling/sliding towards a rope ladder, then scrambling down it across the hull side and bottom, and then into a waiting small boat at the bottom - and all spoken very calmly. While she was speaking, the screen was showing that grainy night-camera footage of the line of people doing exactly what she was describing. Riveting.
It didn't analyse the causee of the accident, it was just an account of the events.
Pam
I thought it was hasty and too sensationalist offering little more than the speculation from many news programmes. I'd like to have seen more of the blonde woman who was airlifted from the forward superstructure. But since she wasnt saying things like "I jumped in the water and was waiting to die" it seemed like the makers weren't as interested.
Anyways, back on topic, has anyone heard if Costa is trying to get any of the paintings etc off the ship ? or are they just going to include everything in the insurance claim ?
quote:Originally posted by DAMBROSI2:BTW, I noticed the aft part of the midship magradome has fallen into the sea.
It appears to have fallen off this morning. You can watch the time-lapse of today's images from the above linked site and around the 50-52 second mark it drops, then disappears.
I can't image the toll that the sea water and rocky bottom will have on the interiors of the ship and the submerged portion if it sits there another few months before they attempt to raise it.
[ 02-03-2012: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]
What kind of pot is she smoking?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46244456/ns/travel-news/#.TyvPRZgR8eU
Frosty 4
quote:As long as there are bodies in there, it's considered off base to everybody because it's a grave," said Robert Marx, a veteran diver and the author of numerous books on maritime history and underwater archaeology and treasure hunting. "But when all the bodies are out, there will be a mad dash for the valuables."
The ship in not only private property, but a grave for the 30 that perished, and a source of PTSD for the 4170 survivors. HANDS OFF
Any money from the salvage should go to the victims and to pay the spillover costs.
quote:Originally posted by DAMBROSI2:Question, what is the area that's opened just below the funnel on CONCORDIA? Is this something that fell off too?
Are you speaking of the open area seen here just forward of the funnel?
It appears to be an area of the ship called Lido Squok and looks like it is a kids pool just off of the Squok Club. It was open to the sky with no dome and had a railing around it on the deck above it.
Here's a picture I found of the same area on Costa Serena...
quote:Originally posted by DEIx15x8:[....]and I dug deeper and found the video from the news website. It's in Italian though so I have no idea what they say:http://www.video.mediaset.it/video/tg5/servizio/283330/naufragio-diretta -caos-lance-a-mare-vabbuo.html
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, my Italian is also not sufficient to understand enough - however, I do get the impression that at least in the beginning the bridge officers were under the impression that only two compartments were affected.
Maybe someone "here" can help us with a translation? Many thanks in advance.
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