2015 Cruise Ship Disaster

Francesco Schettino were charged with various crimes.

2015 cruise ship disaster. The vessel was carrying 405 passengers 5 travel agents and 48. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. BEIJING A cruise ship disaster in central China this year that killed all but a dozen of the hundreds of people aboard was caused by violent weather according to the findings.

For todays video we decided to do the top five cruise ship disasters. Horrible Cruise Ship Disasters From Hell - YouTube. Chinese river cruise ship Eastern Star capsized at night after being hit by a tornado waterspout on the Yangtze river.

Cruise ships are basically floating disaster zones just waiting to happen and over the years thousands of unlucky passengers and crew members have found themselves at the mercy of pirates nature and incompetent captains. Away from the Pentland Firth and the Solent away from cameras and attention five other ships have come to calamity in the first two weeks of this year. Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and sank because the captain choose an unsuitable course.

Flashback in history. There are reports at least 60 of the 1500 people on board POs Pacific Eden were struck down with gastroenteritis as the ship travelled from Sydney to Cairns and back over Christmas. Eastern Star On 1 June 2015 the Chinese river cruise ship Eastern Star capsized on an overnight voyage after being hit by a tornadic waterspout during severe weather while in the Damazhou waterway section of the Yangtze River.

In mid-February an engine room fire onboard the Carnival Cruises ship Triumph left more than 4000 passengers stranded in the Gulf of Mexico with no hot water and few working toilets. Updated 0415 GMT 1215 HKT June 9 2015. In 2015 a court found Schettino guilty of manslaughter causing a shipwreck abandoning ship before passengers and crew were evacuated and lying to authorities about the disaster.

On March 7 th 2015 Cameron Smook a senior at Virginia Tech lost his life after falling overboard on a Carnival cruise ship. Let us know in the comments below some of your ideas for future top five videosSevera. Capsized due to overloading.