Cruise Ship Sinking 2011

Russia is observing a day of mourning for victims of a cruise ship sinking as divers work deep underwater in a Volga River reservoir to tryto find more bodies.

Cruise ship sinking 2011. 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. After a long legal proceeding a three judge panel in Piraeus sentenced the ships captain to 12 years and two months in. Six years ago the Sea Diamond cruise ship struck a reef and eventually sank off the coast of Santoniri.

Helicopter crews operating out of Cape Town and Durban reportedly hoisted more than 170 passengers from the deck of this sinking vessel in conditions that were described as harrowing. In both cases the captains poor navigational skills recklessness and negligence in efficiently evacuating the cruise ship killed passengers. The Fred Olsens largest cruise ship Balmoral reached the Titanic wreckage site at 11 pm April 14.

Louis claimed erroneous mapping information in the official nautical chart used by the captain of the ship caused its sinking. Now anything can sink or crash. John Halford Missing Cruise Ship Passenger Thomson Cruises Thomson Spirit April 6 2011.

The ship stayed overnight at the Titanics sinking location and departed the following morning en-route to New York City. On 12 July 2011 the divers recovered bodies of Bulgarias captain Alexander Ostrovsky and his spouse. The ship sank on 5 April 2007 after running aground near the Greek island of Santorini the previous day.

Giovanni Masia Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking. Giovanni Masia 86 from Italy died aboard Carnival Corps Costa Cruises Costa Concordia when the cruise ship grounded off. A survivor C-green top is rescued by divers from the Dongfangzhixing or Eastern Star vessel which sank in the Yangtze river.

Of those 76 were rescued by the cruise ship Arabella a few others were saved by other boats and one survivor managed to swim to the shore. The held on board memorial service ended with casting overboard of 3 floral wreaths. Under mounting pressure to raise the wreck the Greek government said in 2011 it could not afford the operation and Louis Hellenic would have to cover the cost.