Mapping the route of the cruise ship (Video Report)

cnn.com ^ | January 16, 2012 | Alexandra Steele

[Razzz42]

Meteorologist Alexandra Steele maps out the route of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia. [Video]

[Razzz42]

About 80% into the video report has a photo showing the ship still upright with some passengers on the bow in life-vests standing next to life rafts.

[Eye of Unk]

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all

This is an article from Wired about how Titan salvaged the Cougar Ace off the Aleutians back in 2006.

[Eye of Unk]

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1551134

A thread just started about salvage consepts of the Concordia.

Also is a main sinking thread full of maps, I believe on page 28 they have some very good route maps.

[Jack Hydrazine]

[Jack Hydrazine]

Exclusive: Costa Concordia in previous close call

[Revolting cat!]

She’s no meterologist, she’s a drama queen! Other than that, good report.

[Razzz42]

Thanks for the link, interesting reading. In this Costa
grounding I was wondering more about the captain and his ship’s actions before it was grounded.

[Eye of Unk]

Investigate all you want, there are rumors being spread 24/7 in every possible way to paint him as the sole instigator because otherwise the fingers of shame and blame will point at all of the cruise companies, and they are many times bigger than any gambling syndicate.

And Carnival is as I type releasing a “review” policy.

[Razzz42]

Thanks for that.

As some commenter said elsewhere said, “Ships have been sailing that area for thousands of years, every mass and stone underwater was known and charted.”

I’m think’in (since I saw the pic with the ship still upright about an hour after the strike) that calling a local tug boat(s) to guide the ship to safe anchorage wasn’t out of the question yet.

I guess the captain hadn’t called anybody yet, not even his mom.

Now with your picture post, it’s not looking good as the company already had pre-run the course before, with permission no less from authorities.

In day or so we will have the black box readouts and see what kind of trouble this ship and captain were really in at the time. (Did he really have to crashland?)

Wonder if the ship will just right itself when slides a little further into the sea? I’d be welding a patch on yesterday just in case she floats.

[Eye of Unk]

Best guess right now was that the captain removed ship from the autopilot and went to manual control, was on the phone to a friend on shore, made his waypoint turn too late at 15knts and though the port bow and stabilizer missed the outcrop the stern swung, my guess is he had the bow thrusters at full, and so the aft literally swung sideways into the rock.

They immediately lost power claiming it was an engine explosion, truth was captain was still on the phone and at one point on two phones.

And apparently the worst thing next to happen was a passenger called the shore and then the Coast Guard heard from the passenger the severe list happening. Captain meanwhile probaly used again full bow thrtusters as they may have been the only means of propulsion left and made a turn around to poert, of which made things worse below as it shifted the flooding waters, the ship then for the most part went sideways against the sloping rocky coast and as it settled it then went over on its starboard side.

I would say that of any missing crew they may be ones that either drowned at the time of impact or stayed at their stations long enough to keep some auxiliary power going, in some respects bring up the images of the engineers trying to keep the lights on as the Titanic sang.

The captain saved thousands of lives and I am partially taking his side, the corporation wants HIM painted as being at fault, the ship cruise industry does NOT want negative ads against them, and sacrificing one captain to preserve billions in tourist dollars is a no brainer.

[Eye of Unk]

Sorry about the typos, any intelligent person knows how to mentally correct a spelling mistake. I noticed I made a few.

[Ramius]

Curiously enough, the salvage prospects are pretty good, I’ll bet. The hull damage will pretty much buff out. The ship could be righted and towed into a drydock to get a refit of whatever was lost. On the whole, still a lot cheaper than building a new ship.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“I guess the captain hadn’t called anybody yet, not even his mom.”

He was having dinner!

Cruise ship’s cook says captain ordered dinner after crash
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/19/world/europe/italy-cruise-cook/index.html

“I’d be welding a patch on yesterday just in case she floats.”

Might take too long.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Simulation of what the ship did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn7o1mnvM2c&feature=player_embedded

Path that the Concordia took.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5mbKt7rQkQ&feature=player_embedded

[Razzz42]

Thanks for those links. No one asks or says when the ship actually listed to starboard. Must have been a gradual event but did it happen during the grounding or before?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Listing usually occurs after a boat takes on water so it was probably after the grounding. As it took on more water its list angle increased until it finally fell over in its current position.

It can also happen when the boat makes a hard turn but the listing is only temporary.