The only credit ill give him is making the decision to let the ship bank on the coast. If it sank further out in the water im positive more people would've died. Other than that he's a legendary coward indeed
I have the technology and I will right this ship and float it away with out a shadow of a doubt. My kingdom will have no end. I have the technology and engineering experience that no man possess. My blessings to the 32 who lost their fight with life. I am nick Sloan. I’m determined to move this ship. Chief engineer and marine salvage owner and engineer. Mr. Nicholas Sloan. Titian engineering.
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But at least the Captain got off the ship safe and sound, he could go home to his wife and family and sleep in his cosy little bed. Nothing would get me on one of those cruise ships, they don't even look safe.
This is a fantastic testament to the skills and ingenuity of the Salvage engineers that stands diametric contrast to arrogance and appalling incompetence of the Captain who was wholly responsible for the disaster.
I went on the Costa Fortuna cruise ship, I would NEVER go on another Costa cruise again, it was horrible. But, I do feel bad for the people who had to go through this nightmare event because of the stupid captains mistake!
imagine living on that island, hearing that dumb captain toot his horn in the middle of the night, going back to sleep, and walking out of your door in the morning to see the ship half sunk.
The ship is barely 60,000 mass tons. If you found a number saying its 180,000 tons it's probably its gross tonnage which used to be defined as 100 cubic feet, and later on Defined by a formula. Gross tonnage is a measurement of all internal enclosed volume in a ship which impacts the design, regulations, and fares to pay. On the other hand a Tonne is defined as a tun of wine containing 954 litres or 1016 kg which is called a Long ton nowadays.
@@theokingshango A ton (an imperial measurement) is 20 hundredweight, which is equivalent to 1,016 Kg 1,000 Kg is a metric tonne. Their is no REAL weight for a ship. since other than its basic structure, the weight of cargo, additional furnishings, passengers, along with fuel and water carried are all variable. Therefore a formula based on internal usable volume was devised. Unless you work in shipping, it is all very confusing.
Most of the time in real emergency situations, lifeboats can be rendered virtually useless if the ship is tilting one side or the other which is almost always the case, if abandon ship is announced early enough while the ship is still upright then of course there's more chance of success.
They used the same method as the Americans did when they righted up the USS Oklahoma Battleship from Pearl Harbor. They same method was tried on the USS Utah but did not work out as well.
Gross Tonnage is a measurement of volume, not weight. The ships weight plus it's contents do not weight 180,000 tons. The ships actual weight (displacement) is around 60-70,000 tons.
The ship's actual weight is not the displacement. Displacement is a mesaure of how much water a ship's hull 'displaces'. The actual weight of the ship itself is the 'lightship' weight. Costa Concordia has a lightship weight of roughly 45,000 tons.
It was 114, 147gt (gross tonnage). However... That's not taking into account the amount of water inside the hull and the rock in the 160ft gash in it's port side (which was removed before it was successfully righted.)
He could’ve saved everyone for sure could’ve told them to not jump and also stayed till the last person or last group of people left and also could’ve given advice on the intercom of what to do and what not to do like don’t go to the elevators etc.
Those two rocks were the only thing that kept Concordia from sliding off the ledge and becoming a disaster that would have made us forget about Titanic.
@@gnarmarmounts The rocks she rested on were not the rocks she hit. There was over an hour between the grounding and the sinking, and she was drifting the whole time.
So here me out! the RMS Titanic sunk in 1912, COSTA concordia sunk in 2012 right? In year 2112 another Giant ship will sunk probably? i think my predictions are right
Costa Concordia Captain: "I have a great idea. Let's sail within a few feet of the rocks." Costa Concordia Captain (moments later after the ship hits the rocks): "I'm outta here! Have fun."
Of course it's in danger of breaking up, the vessel was never designed to lay for years, half submerged on a granite outcrop at an angle guaranteed to overstress the hull and superstructure! It is a testament to the design and build quality that it has remained in one piece for so long!
Why wasn't this dealt with when it happened? If a company were to leave a fleet vehicle wrecked on the side of the road then they have tow bills or abandonment fees to pay. Apparently if you're a cruise line you don't have to worry about that.
This is a fucking cruise ship, not a car that can be removed automatically. This probably cost a whole lotta money to remove and get the equipment. Not as easy as you think.
@@ABDlRlZAK A wrecked car can't be moved automatically either. Hence the wreck. Even a functioning car can't be moved automatically. It takes a person to move it. A cruise line also has a whole lotta money. Being in that industry they probably already know multiple salvaging contrctors, if one is busy with a job they can resort to another.
Misleading title: Concordia was actually 114,000t, even at full load she couldn't reach those 'nearly 180,000t'. Better be careful when stating numbers here...
every single compartment will be filled with water you cant exactly bail it out at this point. it would be immensely heavier filled with water than with air. try it with a cup in your cupboard
@@havnt3782 what you said has nothing to do with my comment. I'm talking about the ship's size, you're going into talking about 'bailout options' and 'water heavier than air', when the they are transporting the ship along, not the water. The caissons are supporting the weight of the ship's hulk, the water simply dumps itself out as the caissons fill with air and lift the hulk up.
@@OozoraKazuki it says 180,000t ruin in the title. The title is what you were talking about, don't obfuscate. Just accept you don't know what you're talking about and learn something. Man kids these days lol
More like, you're the one who needs to accept you're mixing what I said. The 'ruin' they say in the title to be 180,000t isn't, precisely what I said is a misleading title in relation to what the hulk itself weighs, NOT talking about water inside, and absolutely NOT talking about 'bailing out'. And look at yourself before trying to determine I'm a kid, I'm 32yrs old in front of your lack of understanding, even a 10yr old kid seems smarter than you to understand what I said... Top it off that you part on to insult when I never did, which is quite typical basement dwellers' attitude, LOL... Just accept the failure instead of wasting your time with someone with an IQ seemingly bigger than yours...
N G he’s talking about the overly dramatic narration and music effects. I’m American and I agree completely, our country is obsessed with drama and our media is cancer.
Dam your hotter than the decks of concordia basking in that hot sunshine. And most definitely would look better laying on the rocks soaking up that sun. 😉 x
Actually the drop off to deep water was less than one width of the vessel as she rested and seasonal storms were able to shift her around on that narrow ledge. I wouldn't have called the depth an abyss exactly but I don't write dreck for Discovery/History Channel so your point was semi valid on the choice to say abyss.
Yes, he was free on bail until his trial. According to U tube, and other sources, he was tried, convicted, and given a lengthy jail sentence - where he is now.