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PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:19 pm 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24104643
16 September 2013 Last updated at 06:36 BST

Watch live coverage amid a daunting attempt to pull the shipwrecked Costa Concordia upright.

The ship has been lying on its side ever since the ship hit rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012, with the loss of 32 lives.

Salvage workers are attaching giant metal chains and cables to the ship, which weighs more than 114,000 tonnes and is roughly the length of three football fields.

Righting the ship is expected to take up to 12 hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24110320
Costa Concordia: Watermark shows lift progress

7 hours ago

One of the largest and most daunting salvage operations ever undertaken is under way with an attempt to pull the shipwrecked Costa Concordia upright.

Footage from the scene shows the difference in colour between the newly-exposed part of the ship, and the part that has been exposed since it hit rocks and capsized in January 2012.

The whole operation is expected to take 12 hours.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:12 pm 
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Wow! Thanks, mbtb! :)

I hadn't heard a word of it - it's been a pretty busy irl day. Is it wrong of me to be counting the hours until bedtime before they even get home from school? ;)

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:18 pm 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24121480

Costa Concordia salvage operation 'in final phase'


There are some drawings in this link on how they are doing this. I find it fascinating. You're welcome liesel. I wanted to share this.


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Glad you did, mbtb. Very interesting. I've never seen anything like it, the little I caught, anyway. :)

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/costa-concordia-rise-risky-move-lift-sunken-cruise-ship-tuscan-coast-begins-article-1.1457107


Costa Concordia rises! Cruise ship completely upright after risky operation on Tuscan coast


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:42 am 
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From the link posted by mbtb:

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Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled upright after a 19-hour operation.

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The Concordia's starboard side is covered in brown slime after 20 months underwater.

More photos and video available at the link posted by mbtb.

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This is fascinating. I had the Scientific American link showing how it was done to post but I see you covered the how this was done. I'll post it anyway because there are some pretty graphics. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/obs ... t-graphic/


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24132424

Costa Concordia: Tragedy's full horror exposed

Never forget, this is a story about death; a story about human incompetence, and tragedy; about the actions of several men, employed to sail 4,000 passengers and crew along the Italian coast.


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:04 pm 
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packy wrote:
This is fascinating. I had the Scientific American link showing how it was done to post but I see you covered the how this was done. I'll post it anyway because there are some pretty graphics. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/obs ... t-graphic/


Thanks packy. I believe if the ship had not hung up on the rocks, it would have kept on sinking killing many more people. It was already damaged from the first collision.


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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/16/costa-concordia-captain-francesco-schettino

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Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino lies low amid lifting operation
Schettino, who faces charges of multiple manslaughter and causing a shipwreck, is expected back in court on 23 September


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366721/Francesco-Schettino-trial-Moldovan-dancer-Domnica-Cemortan-court-support-Costa-Concordia-captain.html

Moldovan dancer in court to support captain of doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia as his trial for manslaughter begins

Domnica Cemortan, 25, was on the bridge when Costa Concorida hit a rock

She is claimed to have been seen kissing Captain Francesco Schettino

He is on trial for manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing wreckage

Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Tuscany in January 2012
More than 4,000 crew and passengers were rescued and 32 died

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I hope that the two remaining missing are found so that their families can bury them. After almost two years, it is probably too much to hope for.

Righting that ship was amazing. CBS just did a fast motion set of pictures to watch it go upright. Now comes the challenge of getting it to float to the scrapyard.

Naturally there is a short commercial beforehand...
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50155211n


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16563562

Costa Concordia: What happened


A large gash in the hull just like the Titanic. This ship was going down if not caught on that reef. All because that ass of a captain was busy with his mistress. :NN20

I sure hope he is found guilty.


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Yes for sure righting that ship was amazing.

And if it's true that he was kissing his mistress then it's even more sad that he wasn't more conscientious when taking on his responsibilities.


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