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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #15 on: 16 January 2012, 09:04:49 »
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 16 January 2012, 08:41:15
The press reporting quality has been pretty piss poor as usual.

They are making statements like 'cruise ships are not suppoed to list like this'. Well you media muppets, if the ship has a pointed hull and is sat on the bottom then its going to!

The journalistic quailty we see these days is realy bad

There was some Hungarian guy in staff of the cruise ship they spoke with a reporter in the news and said that was a tradition they often followed namely going close to the shore passangers to be waving to habitants and reverse...I ask at 9pm?   ??? The captain said that there wasn't any rock signed on map though the representative of cruise company said the ship didn't leave for unusual way...They aren't communicating the same. ???
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #16 on: 16 January 2012, 09:32:42 »
Prosecutesrs are now saying it was the captains fault for getting so close to island...do they not have charts that show shallow water/rocks/land? ? ?
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #17 on: 16 January 2012, 12:07:52 »
Quote from: the alarming man on 16 January 2012, 09:32:42
Prosecutesrs are now saying it was the captains fault for getting so close to island...do they not have charts that show shallow water/rocks/land? ? ?

Captain is still insisting that the rock they hit was not on his charts, king ejit. Even I would have seen the islandrock that he drove into... ::) :-X
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #18 on: 16 January 2012, 13:46:48 »
I'm not necessarily defending the captain in this instance as he seems to have shown a fair degree of incompetence, but it does go to show what a huge responsibility these guys have to bear. Accidents such as this are so rare that everyone takes it for granted that the captain's and crews of such vessels are bulletproof, but one slight error in judgement they go from hero to zero in an instant.
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #19 on: 16 January 2012, 14:07:05 »
Quote from: bob.dent on 16 January 2012, 13:46:48
I'm not necessarily defending the captain in this instance as he seems to have shown a fair degree of incompetence, but it does go to show what a huge responsibility these guys have to bear. Accidents such as this are so rare that everyone takes it for granted that the captain's and crews of such vessels are bulletproof, but one slight error in judgement they go from hero to zero in an instant.

Precisely. Same level of responsibility as an airline pilot, etc. Which is why I was surprised to see this...

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There was some Hungarian guy in staff of the cruise ship they spoke with a reporter in the news and said that was a tradition they often followed namely going close to the shore passangers to be waving to habitants and reverse...

Maritime equivalent of "buzzing the tower". :o Not something holidaymakers are treated to while travelling by air. I expect there will be some difficult questions for the captain. :(
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #20 on: 16 January 2012, 16:26:45 »
All the cruise ships I have been on have been guided in by a pilot.
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #21 on: 16 January 2012, 17:35:17 »
Bring back the captain is expected to go down with his ship, that will make them be a bit more careful!  :y ;D

The is unbelievable, but the latest reports are that the captain took an unauthorized detour from the standard headquarters pre-programmed route, to go closer inshore so the locals and passengers could wave to each other!  :o :o :o

Well the locals and the passengers have well and truly got to know each other much better now!  :o :o :o
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #22 on: 16 January 2012, 17:44:37 »
Quote from: Auto Addict on 16 January 2012, 16:26:45
All the cruise ships I have been on have been guided in by a pilot.
that would depend on whether there is a member of the bridge crew who is qualified as a pilot for the port they are going into
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #23 on: 16 January 2012, 18:04:03 »
What i'm amazed at is, that a cruise ship this new/big/expensive, doesnt appear to have sonar to alert the captain/bridge that the ship is getting dangerously too close to something underwater.
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #24 on: 16 January 2012, 18:21:29 »
Quote from: Plomien on 16 January 2012, 17:44:37
Quote from: Auto Addict on 16 January 2012, 16:26:45
All the cruise ships I have been on have been guided in by a pilot.
that would depend on whether there is a member of the bridge crew who is qualified as a pilot for the port they are going into

In talking to the P & O navigator on the last cruise, they take on board the pilot, because he has the most up to date information on the local area, and he takes over the contols of the ship.
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Re: Cruise ship Costa Concordia aground
« Reply #25 on: 16 January 2012, 19:37:59 »
Lionel Ritchie has cancelled his fothcoming gigs on cruise liners.Apparently "Dancing On The Ceiling" does not have the same appeal anymore.
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