An audio recording of an angry exchange between the Italian Coast Guard and the captain of a capsized cruise ship reveals that the captain refused orders to get back on his stricken boat. Coast Guard Captain Gregory De Falco demanded that Captain Francesco Schettino use a ladder to climb back onto the damaged Costa Concordia […]
Coast Guard: Captain Refused Orders to Return to Italian Cruise Ship
Posted January 17th, 2012 at 11:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Coast Guard: Captain Refused Orders to Return to Italian Cruise Ship
Posted January 17th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
An audio recording of an angry exchange between the Italian Coast Guard and the captain of a capsized cruise ship reveals that the captain refused orders to get back on his stricken boat. Coast Guard Captain Gregory De Falco demanded that Captain Francesco Schettino use a ladder to climb back onto the damaged Costa Condordia […]
Report: Captain Refused Orders to Return to Italian Cruise Ship
Posted January 17th, 2012 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
An audio recording of an exchange between the Italian Coast Guard and the captain of a capsized Italian cruise ship reveals the captain refused orders to get back on the ship. A leading Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, published a transcript Tuesday of the dramatic exchange. In the conversation, Coast Guard Captain Gregory De Falco […]
Report: Captain Refused Orders to Return to Italian Cruise Ship
Posted January 17th, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
An audio recording of an exchange between the Italian Coast Guard and the captain of a capsized Italian cruise ship reveals the captain refused orders to get back on the ship. A leading Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, published a transcript Tuesday of the dramatic exchange. In the conversation, a Coast Guard official demands that […]
Dutch Company: Fuel Extraction From Wrecked Ship to Take Weeks
Posted January 17th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
A Dutch company that specializes in salvage operations says it will take weeks to remove the fuel from a cruise ship that capsized off Italy’s coast. The company says it plans to conduct a survey of the ship on Tuesday before the extraction process begins. “It is a race against time to empty the fuel […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers are again searching for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury cruise ship that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people are known dead […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers are again searching for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury cruise ship that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people are known dead […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers have resumed a search for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury liner that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the massive cruise ship Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people […]
Workers Restart Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Italian rescuers have resumed a search for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury liner that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy. The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours after the massive cruise ship Costa Concordia slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather, sending divers fleeing to safety. Six people […]
Workers Suspend Cruise Ship Rescue Operations
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Rescue workers suspended operations Monday aboard a stricken cruise ship off the coast of Italy, after the huge vessel slipped on its rocky resting place in bad weather. Six people are known dead and at least 14 others remain missing as a result of the accident, which the ship’s owners are blaming on human error […]
