The Costa Concordia

BREWSTERS · Jan 17, 2012

I was wondering how they right a ship like that when the company said it will be out of action for the rest of the year! I thought it'd just be written off - maybe not;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16573312

Aegean · Jan 17, 2012

They'll probably just weld up the hole, pump out the water, change the ships name and hey presto - costa salvago. There's one that comes into rhodes harbour here called costa fortuna. I bet it does.

retired_member33 · Jan 17, 2012

It will be a tricky one to recover due to its size.

I would guess they first try to get rid of all the fuel and oils in the ship to prevent it from leaking, do an inspection and try to patch it up where possible and then try to refloat it by pumping the water out of the ship.

Then it will take a few more months to do inspections, then about a year to do repairs and in 2014 she can be relaunched as the Costa Tuscania or something.

Retired_member41 · Jan 17, 2012

Will never sail again.

BREWSTERS · Jan 18, 2012

Audio of conversation where authorities are telling the captain to get back on the ship and him trying not to;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16599655

Pred · Jan 18, 2012

she's lying on her side with a gash the size of a tennis court.....
anyway enough about the ex

GreyWing · Jan 18, 2012

BREWSTERS said:
Audio of conversation where authorities are telling the captain to get back on the ship and him trying not to;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16599655

That's not the one with the swearing on, there is an unedited version knocking around with the Commander swearing and calling him a coward.

Standby for the Hitler in the bunker version as well, it's only a matter of time before that appears.

Pred · Jan 18, 2012

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...eme-tune-played-as-cruise-ship-hit-rocks.html

The Ferryman · Jan 18, 2012

A stroke of luck for the captain, when he tripped and fell into the lifeboat!
Regards
Bruce

BREWSTERS · Jan 18, 2012

GreyWing said:
That's not the one with the swearing on, there is an unedited version knocking around with the Commander swearing and calling him a coward.

I've not seen that one but apparently the whole convo is more than an hour.