Renegades React to... @InternetHistorian - The Cost of Concordia 

FUN FACT: during his surveilled freedom, Schiettino was even allowed to go to a school to talk. And his book, which can be translated as the submerged truth was pretty much just him trying to shift the blame on the rest of the crew, saying he was the only one who was calm during the situation.

This is probably one of Internet Historian's greatest videos ever.

One thing Internet Historian I think kinda forgot to add when the Captain was eyeballing the sail-by salute; that POS turned off the navigation systems which would have been blaring with alarms when they got near the rocks.

I just googled it; he wasn’t joking about “My Heart Will Go On” being played on the Concordia. Apparently, two of the survivors told a Swiss newspaper that they heard it playing in one of the dining rooms right when the ship started to tilt. That’s not all, according to an article by a New Zealand paper, one of the women who survived the sinking of the Concordia also had relatives who survived the sinking of the Titanic.

The "oh god not again" scene should be in a compilation

They came into this joking and laughing, and left pissed off. Just as I knew they would xD . Seriously though, this story never fails to make me terribly, _terribly_ angry.

the MVPs of The Cost of Concordia Disaster: 1. Pilon for manually buying the ship more time for communication by turning the 100°C emergency generator on and off 2. De Falco for being the Chad that he is 3. Everyone Else on the rescue team 4. Staff that actually endangered their lives to save the passangers (unlike the entire bridge staff) 5. Deputy Mayor for his bravery and concern for the people of his city for getting on board of the sinking ship himself and helping others get off

That's kinda the point of 'Going down with the ship', the captain making sure everyone's off the boat before you get to safety yourself. The passengers and the men before yourself.

He did the whole "varus strakes buck" thing as a joke about people getting their videos blocked for saying the word Virus

37:11 "The deets" 44:14 "Oh no, not again" 1:01:22 "And as for you little fellow"

The captain had crashed the ship every 2 years, but he still had his job...

"Oh god not again!!!" Yeah that'd be pretty much my reaction I don't like the idea of flying at the best of times (I'm claustrophobic, hate heights and have trouble staying still for long periods of time so I have the bad flyer trinity) but if I saw her anywhere near the cockpit of a plane I'd nope out of that plane so fast.

A distracted and under-trained captain, commanding a first time helmsman, on Friday the 13'th and one hundred years since the Titanic. Were the stars and planets aligned too? Did Cthulu roll over, fart and summon rocks to ensure that ship crashed? Fecking hell.

As an Indonesian, that's the last you'll see of Rusli bin Jacob. Simply because it's just so easy to hide in Jakarta alone. I mean, honestly, after living there my whole life, I don't even really know how to go further than my area without carpooling with someone.

You know when you see her instagram and her picture in the cockpit of the plane i actually used translate on the comments on the picture and they all told her to get the f out of the cockpit. One comment said something like please leave for charity.

Those photos taken of the interior of the ship after the disaster are even creepier when you realise the final body to be discovered wouldn't be found until 3 YEARS later, when the ship had already been sent to a different location to be dismantled and scrapped. Which means there was still an undiscovered body on that ship when those photos were taken.

44:20 That freaking laugh sums it up 😂😂😂. If I see her on the plane, I'll be like "Fuck this shit I'm out!" 😂

This whole thing happened because "Captain" Schettino literally DRIFTED a 952 foot long, 50,000 metric ton, $570 million dollar ship. Also, no one sings the praises of that woman who called her daughter on shore. Basically, she saved almost everyone with this action.

"Its been awhile since we have some main channel internet historian stuff" "The Gentelman pirate" crying in the corner

The Dyatlov guy from the Chernobyl disaster would look at this captain and say 'My kind of guy'

33:00 weeeell...it's complicated. In Italy it's actually legal to film whatever you like and whoever you like while in public places. What is indeed ILLEGAL is to film someone and then publish the video without consent. It is also a felony to film someone who directly ask you NOT to film him/her. That said....there are some noticeable exceptions: we are allowed to film WITHOUT consent police officers and other public employees while in service. The Concordia disaster is another exception: we have the "Diritto di Cronaca", or "right to produce news reports", so if something extraordinary or of public interest happens we can film it without anybody's consent.

I honestly shocked you hadn't heard about this. Here in Australia it was the biggest story of that year (apart from the London Olympics and the impending Mayan apocalyse)

it's funny how in Russian captain's last name souns like "skotina" swearword means "cattle", usually used for that kinda behavior, his actions fit perfect

Nick: Did this thing sink? Me: well... sort of.

44:18 the most I have ever seen him laugh

"The deets" is a huge mood whiplash considering what just came before it

39:28 *"Some Australian guy* even made a listing for the ship itself;-" - InternetHistorian, known Australian and troll.

Internet Historian: makes new video Me every hour. WHEN WILL THE RENEGADES FINALLY REACT TO IT???

“oh that poor girl in the box” KILLED ME

1:09:23 Reason they dont use pulse technology to ward off sharks is because it does it to well and could negatively impact the ecosystem. Tons of sharks ride up the coastline to feed in spring and to breed

I remember this accident very well. Mainly because the ship was a problem for over THREE YEARS. Here in Germany it was a daily topic to talk about

This kind of disaster is rare indeed, though it's not something that didn't happen since the Titanic. There's a video called "The Story Of The Oceanos " if you wanna react about the story of that ship, which is unbelievable aswell.

I like how at 31:50 you have two landlubbers with no sailing or ship experience perfectly describing the maritime law on the matter.

It warms my heart that someone else appreciated that bell hitting the water SFX as much as I did. 🤣

If you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turn right

I'm surprised the American reactors I'm seeing react to this have never heard of the Concordia because I remember it being all over the news in the UK. Maybe the level of coverage was different.

I happened to watch a video by a navigational officer who explained a lot of problems related to the video - mostly elaborating on some points mentioned. He's called SailorVince on RU-vid. But of the things he said... It's not that unusual that Schettino became captain after serving as head of security. There's a long and arduous process necessary to become a captain but not enough positions - so some officers who receive the qualifications take on other posts in order to gain extra experience to make themselves look better to get assigned the position of captain. The sail-by salute is _expressly_ illegal under international sailing laws, since honking the horn is meant to show the ship is in distress or as a signal to let other vessels know where the ship is. It's why they often only really honk their horns when leaving or arriving in ports, passing another vessel in international waters or when going through a fog. The same is also true for how fast the ship was going - Vince saw the speed and was audibly horrified by that alone, because if a ship is going to fast then there's not enough friction avaible for them to turn during emergencies. That's only 18 mph if you were comparing a road vehicle... but it takes a lot of effort to turn a 100,000 tonne ship. And by the way, the "Captain Goes Down With The Ship" thing - again, citing Vince - is legally required. The captain is not allowed to leave the vessel at all unless all personnel onboard are safely evacuated as well because they need to provide information to the coast guard about such technicalities as the ship's layout, how many were onboard and potential hazards and this is why De Falco was so furious with him. By abandoning the ship and passengers to fuck off and stand around on the rocks, he left the coast guard and other rescue vessels in the dark, directly endangering them as well. Also, check out the Q&A, where Internet Historian brings up things that he couldn't quite fit into the main video. For example, a major complaint that Vince had was about how the electrical systems problems were reported and the fact that the batteries were a last-ditch problem, but IH used the Q&A to explain what went wrong in more detail. He also plays Devil's Advocate in regards to Schettino's conviction (the other officers deserved a _lot_ of hate for their own handling of the vessel and Jacob Rusli Bin was just as much to blame as the captain for cocking up orders).

Yeah, fully animated Internet Historian is terrifying. 😂

As an extra bit of info. According to pilon, he wasnt told that they hit a rock, when he ran to the engine room, he thought they had a leak. He also claimed that the degree to which the captain didnt understand the situation was such that despite being told that the water had reached the first deck, the captain was still asking about the engines.

44:18 for one of the best giggle/laughter fits

i quite literally just looked this up and i see it was posted a minute ago, nice 7:10 btw

Honestly when i seen this myself i was thinking man i can't wait for renegades to react to this 😅

There are a distressingly high number of maritime disasters caused by a combination of greed, cost-cutting, incompetence, and/or improper maintenance. An involved vessel might not even be properly certified as seaworthy, nor its crew certified for the positions they are supposed to be filling, as in the case of a tanker and a ferry that collided with each other in the East, with only one crewperson each actually on duty at the time, and not knowing what they were supposed to be doing. In the case of the _MV Sewal_ , a Japanese-built ferry that the South Korean company running it had added extra passenger decks to, its issues were heavily added to: It was overloaded with cargo, including vehicles, none of which were tied down; it has more passengers than it could safely be rated for, and to save on fuel, the ballast was much less than it should have had, and the ballast pumps were not functioning properly. She could not be turned more than 5 degrees safely, and when she was she slowly capsized, with loose cargo shifting. What made this the tragedy it became was that passengers were ordered to stay in their rooms, and they were never told to go to muster stations at all. The few who left on their own were rescued, but the rescue itself was a disaster without anyone taking charge. The captain was the first off the ship, followed by his bridge crew. The _Astoria_ was a ferry with a hinged visor and bow ramp. She was running too fast through rough waters, and the locking mechanism for the visor broke, raising the visor and lowering the ramp, predictably sinking the ship. Not to be outdone, _Empress of Ireland_ also had additional decks adding to her topheaviness. Worse yet, it was done in concrete. As passengers for a company picnic were coming aboard in the St. Lawrence River, which was choked with garbage and sewage, the ship began to list and capsize. While people and crews struggled to help in the rescue, many more people drowned in the sewage. Then there were two cruises where Moss Fields was an entertainer. In one, the ship sprang a leak, and the captain and crew abandoned the passengers, collecting their things and evacuating on lifeboats without telling anything to the passengers. Left without sufficient lifeboats, when Moss and the other entertainers found the bridge empty, they coordinated with the coast guard for rescue while the ship sank. For the second one, Moss helped the passengers escape a burning ship. One man died because a lifeboat was dropped on his head, but otherwise Moss's experience with the previous evacuation helped a lot. Being on a sinking, capsizing ship is frightening, but being on a _burning_ ship is even worse. As Inugami Korone once said "Fire on the water... why?!"

"The meme actually spoke!" XD

The 570 mil might just be shipyard price and outfitting with treadmils beds, tables ect might have pushed it to near a billion.

This could have had so many more casualties if the ship wasn’t so close to the shore. Imagine if they were in the middle of the ocean

I kinda applaud the fact Helmsman Jacob got away, dudes only crime imo was applying for a job he wasn't qualified for. Whoever hired him and put him in that position is far more criminally negligent

7:11 reaction begins

I can’t wait for the inevitable Fallout: the Frontier video

The Costa concordia was pretty big news in Europe, it's weird to see it wasn't elsewhere.

Oh I had no idea Internet Historian had covered the Costa Concordia. I hope he put the conversation between Schettino and the coast guard (Falco?) in the video. *straps himself in

Issue with Cruise ships is they are basically 'normal ships' that's had a ton of bullshit dumped on top so any sense of weight balance and such goes right out the window. instead of being near seat-level on the balance point, it sits might midway up the ship instead cuz we have a full on shopping mall, casino, etc. included.

Oh man, I remember seeing the aftermath of the Costa Concordia shitshow on TV. Man. Brings me back. Twelve year old me was so blissfully unaware of how hard depression was going to uppercut him straight in the groin. And yeah, back to the point, we had news coverage of it here in France.

These ppl were left aboard a sinking ship with next to no help from the crew. Some of the accounts of what these people had to go through to survive is beyond traumatic. These people falling off the side of the boat, clinging to ropes and rope ladders for hours...I cannot imagine the PTSD they suffered

44:19 haha all of their reactions had me crying.

You were saying how the guy that was rescued with the Broken Leg should have gotten more compensation. The thing was, he was a member of the crew and one of the people directly responsible for it being as bad as it was. He actually is one of the people charged, and you see he's one of the people who got the plea deal. He's the one on the far right at 57:10

7:06 -Caleb

My family and I sailed on one of the Concordia's sister ships, the Fortuna, only about 7 months prior to the disaster. At first we thought it was the Fortuna that had sunk, but their routes were on different sides of Italy. It was a pretty surreal feeling, and little 13 year old me got pretty invested in the incident back then. For quite a while, I collected all the newspaper clippings and online articles I could find, so seeing Internet Historian's video on it certainly brought back tons of memories. I was surprised you guys had never heard of it, but I had alot of fun watching your reactions.

It's no surprise that the captain looks like Todd Howard.

The costa Concordia was like a modern day titanic

Wait like 84 years later and they'll make big-budget movie out of this

See this proves that it’s not about your qualifications that get you hired, it’s connections. That’s how it is in this world. Better make good friends with a wealthy person!

I wouldn't even trust him with my paddle boat

Please react to internet historian’s Sundance Sweden robbery, it is really good and on his second channel!

Titanic 2: Electric Boogaloo

I've been on 5 cruise ships throughout my life so far and the worst things that have ever happened to me were me cutting my foot on a rock at a beach and my dinner getting messed up.

I was literally in the middle of looking for other Internet Historian Reactions From you

Dominica must have known being seen among the passengers would have gotten her fried in court.

You guys should check out the sinking of the cruise ship Oceanos in the early 90s. When it started to sink most of the officers including the captain abandoned ship in a half-empty life boat without even telling the passengers the ship was sinking. This left the ships entertainment staff including a stand-up comedian and a guitar player to coordinate the rescue. Its a remarkable story. There is an old dateline episode that explains the whole thing very well. You can find the whole episode (split up into 6 parts) on youtube.

I wonder if these two ever realized it was a double entender title 🤣

Oh God you do not know how long I've waited for you to cover this this is pure gold.

I vaguely remember seeing this on the news pages and only hearing about the captain understandably alot so to hear about the details is astounding.

How could you not heard about the Costa Concordia?! It was like 3 weeks in the media

I’m both surprised but not surprised you’ve not heard of this accident, it was really big all over Europe, but then again I know some Australians who know all about it too

11:55 This man went off LMAO 37:14 the deets part got me 🕴🤣🤣🤣 44:23 This is the most ive ever seen him laugh

Me sees over an hour video Me: "ah shit, here we go again" *pops open a cold one and snacks*

I watched his video Q&A video on this topic as well. The captain was definitely in the wrong after the crash but the company and his fellow crewmembers who didn't follow procedure(or knew the language) aren't blameless either. Looks like he rose to the position due to corruption and connections, and was blamed for the whole thing due to them as well. The cruise ship business is a massive economy boost for Italy, which is why the court didn't prosecute the company. The media used the whole situation to add more fuel to the fire, as the media does.

Nate, if you got a ship that costs millions of dollars then you should be asking yourself “Why did I buy a ship that costs millions of dollars!?”

Not surprised that the Concordia fell under the Carnival umbrella. Carnival Cruises really lives up to their name. The Poptart Wedding was on their ship (a wedding was scheduled on one cruise; power went out, shit bags like you guys brought up, etc; and because the fridges died, all the food expired, so they had to literally air-deliver giant crates of Cinnamon Pop Tarts to the ship because they're storage-safe. Poor woman was celebrating her wedding with poptarts instead of her expensive cake.) Many, MANY, *MANY* fires in the engines and other systems, and repeated failure to maintain their ships; a huge amount of their crew is unexperienced because it's apparently a quiet fact that most staff who start at Carnival will try to leave for other lines as soon as they have enough resume credit to do so; and in general... their ships are just fucking bad. We've been on the Fantasy. It's the smallest ship at sea that qualifies as a cruise ship. The food was shit, and even though we were actively going through what was trying to become a hurricane on the way to Florida, we clearly got foodborne illness, not motion sickness; the stores were smoking something because their prices were so high that they made the duty-free status pointless, we never saw a single sale take place to the point staff just started locking the doors and never opening anyway; the ship had obvious wear and tear, and even was outright dirty in places like the lobby; the ship has nothing to do except eat and try not to die, pretty much. But the "floating 5-star hotel" assessment is a bit quick to draw. We'd call the Oasis Class of Royal Caribbean ships equivalent to floating cities, especially since every time a new Oasis Class is released, they almost always take the record for the biggest cruise ship at sea, including over their predecessors. You look at some of the photos from those ships, and they can be literally filled with parks, boardwalks, etc. Quantum/Quantum Plus is just as complex despite being smaller, and they have the new Icon class on the way that seems to be the Quantum Plus of the Oasis class. And over in Norwegian, while their ships ARE closer to a 5-star floating hotel, if you want to go for the duty-free while still having shit to do, they actually have stores that give a shit, and they have VR, AR, a 3 story racetrack, etc. on their Prima Class ships. And, as a bonus, both of these companies... ...actually take care of their ships! In fact, as weird as it might be to look at, NCL actually provides their build and refurbish dates for each ship right on their site (it might look weird because they only give the most recent refurb, so the ships might be built in 1995 but look like they were only refurbished in 2020, when they've definitely been done many, many times before that. 😂) Flaming Whale Tail is well known for videos on RU-vid showing black smoke coming from engine fires on their ships because they repeatedly fail inspections. RC and NCL haven't had half of those incidents. We eventually want to go on a RC cruise, on the Oasis class. If we had to recommend anything... stay the fuck away from the whale clowns. 😅 -🖊/🗻/👾 Edit: Completely forgot this when we first commented, but to go with the failed bottle shatter, timeline of events and the anniversary of the Titanic on Friday the 13th, Carnival Cruises is actually the living descendant of White Star Line, the company that operated the Titanic on it's doomed journey. White Star was passed through several hands and eventually became Carnival Cruises today, so the worst disaster since the Titanic was ran into the ground the exact same way was owned by the same company that did it 100 years ago. So they had absolutely no shot. Karma was ready to collect as soon as the bottle got thrown. 😂 -🎇/🖊️

As someone who loves going on cruises, this pisses me off royally.

The amount of brass in that bell would be worth a fare amount, not surprised it was stolen.

I should clear this up aince IH doesnt explain it well He was actually qualified as a captain, having taken all the classes for it, but they had more captains than billion dollar ships, so he had to bum around as head of security

Schiettinio was a ferry pilot before working for costa, so he was experienced just enough to control a ship.

The only appropriate punishment for the captain is submerging him in water for 32 minutes. 1 minute for every innocent life lost and if he's still alive by the end of it he gets to go free.

Btw internet historian also has his second channel with content

Such a shame that Internet Historian didn't include the Coast Guard & Captain's call in his video. You'd love that shit!

You guys NEED to react to his Incognito Mode video “The Swedish Job”!

🤷‍♂️ you're eye-balling your way speeding up 16-knot towards the coast 🤷‍♂️ what could go wrong

Easily one of my favourite reactions from you guys in awhile lol

The guy that fled the country makes me think he was there illegally

hundreds of millions of dollars to build the ship, and yet so many faulty safety things lol

44:19 Not again...

When another person's reaction came up for this, I had a feeling it'll make its way to you all. It was HUGE news when it happened. I'm surprised you've never heard of it.

44:16 that was my exact reaction 🤣🤣🤣

Mandatory Second Comment Warning: We wanted to add this, but the other comment was for something entirely separate, so... IH is not swearing for the hell of it. For English speakers, throwing "vada a bordo cazzo" into Italian translators literally converts to "get the fuck on board," with the expletive. Not to forget, as well, we have to mention that another reactor, who made a 3-part after many requests to finish the whole video since he actually has international sailing experience, has clarified that it's actually a legal issue to leave the bridge empty in an emergency like this (the idea of a captain going down with the ship extends to international law, apparently; the captain HAS to stay on the bridge to coordinate evacuation, and is the last one to leave because it's THEIR vessel. If a lifeboat runs out of seats and there's not enough for both the captain and the crew or passengers, the crew and passengers always go first. The fact that captain wingnut left the bridge and abandoned ship wasn't just a massive embarrassment, but also illegal for the same reason you aren't allowed to abandon a car accident, which is why the coast guard told him to get his ass back on board.) So technically, yes, it IS actually your responsibility as captain, should shit hit the fan, to go down with the ship. Doesn't mean you must die if it sinks, but if you aren't sure that as many people are safe as possible when you go to leave, your job's not done yet. -🗻/🐕‍🦺

“Oh god not again!!”

1:01:19 Farebell.

I let out a loud "YES THEY DID IT!!!" when i saw that you posted this lol Edit: Wow it really is called "the varus strakes buck". I never noticed the strakes buck part

16:32 The inertia from the turn threw the ship itself. The natural comparison (though imo very poorly executed in this video) is to the exact same phenomenon in a car. You're going at a high speed and try to cut 90 degrees. That's too much inertial force going against the steering force, so you begin to slide instead. It's called "understeer", and watercraft can experience the very same thing.

You’ve got a nice singing voice Nate. You hit them notes pretty well.