A Cruise Ship runs Aground off Italy - Six Died and Four Thousand Evacuated (Updated)

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A cruise ship runs aground off Italy - six died and four thousand e...

ROME (AFP) - Six people died in the early hours of Saturday after a cruise ship ran aground off the Italian coast in an accident which forced the coast guard to evacuate over 4,000 people, media reports said.

The Costa Concordia was on a trip around the Mediterranean when it hit a reef near the Isola del Giglio late Friday. The local mayor said he feared further casualties as it was proving difficult to rescue the last passengers.

One of the victims was a man in his 70s who died of a heart attack caused by the shock to his system when he jumped into the icy waters, reports said.

Several people were also injured in the accident, two of them seriously.

Most of the 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members had been evacuated, but around 200 people were still on board around 0230 GMT, according to the prefect of the nearby city of Grosseto, Giuseppe Linardi.

Helicopters with spotlights were being used to help rescuers.

"At around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) the 290-metre-long Costa Concordia cruise ship... began taking on water and tilting over by around 20 degrees," the coast guard said in a statement, as most of those aboard were rescued in lifeboats.

Passengers heard a large bang and were initially told the ship had shuddered to a halt for electrical reasons, before being told to put on their life-jackets, a passenger from the boat told ANSA news agency by telephone.

"We were having supper when the lights suddenly went out, we heard a boom and a groaning noise, and all the cutlery fell on the floor," passenger Luciano Castro told ANSA news agency.

Some passengers jumped into the sea in their hurry to get off the sinking ship, according to the reports.

"It was like a scene from the Titanic," said passenger Mara Parmegiani.

The local mayor said they were trying to find room to accommodate the rescued passengers, including pregnant women and children.

"We are trying to accommodate them anywhere we can, in schools, nurseries, hotels, anywhere that has a roof," said mayor Sergio Ortelli, who added that some passengers were even bedding down for the night in the church.

The Costa Crociera company, which owns the vessel, said that it was not yet possible to say what caused the problem, but that the evacuation had been fast.

"The ship was on a cruise in the Mediterranean, leaving from Savona with planned stops in Civitavecchia, Palermo, Cagliari, Palma, Barcelona and Marseille," the company said.

"There were around 1,000 Italian passengers on board, as well as 500 Germans and around 160 French people," it added, without giving details about the rest.

The cruise ship -- which boasts 58 suites with balconies, five restaurants, 13 bars, five Jacuzzis and four swimming pools -- had set off from the Civitavecchia port near Rome earlier Friday when it ran into difficulties.

Boats from the nearby port helped evacuate the passengers and crew.

SOZT
The wobble induced North Sea storms are due to the pumping action of the wobble,
http://www.zetatalk.com/newsletr/issue273.htm
where the N Pole leans to the left for sunrise in Europe and then to the right for sunset in Europe. Thus the largest wave in to hit the Irish shores was registered at 2:00 pm.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/record-size-wave-hits-irish-shor...
But Europe also participate when the most violent push of the wobble occurs, when the Sun is high over the Pacific and Europe is in the dead of night. The globe is pushed violently north as the magnetic N Pole of Earth comes up over the horizon and is pushed away by Planet X. When this happens the globe is pushed SOUTHWARD on the opposite side of the globe, as the globe rolls as one.

What does this do to the rocky shores of Italy and any hapless ships moored or traveling just off the coast? The land is pushed UNDER the water, and the ship suddenly finds itself on rocks it though safely at a distance. Though obvious to the populace watching in amazement where the Sun is found these days, the Earth wobble is not something allowed into print. Thus the ship’s captain, desperate to explain what occurred, is at a loss and casting about to blame navigation equipment failure.  
EOZT

[Phil Melton]

Looks like the blame game has begun, and the usual cover-up lies are starting, but this one is a doozy!  Please read the Daily Mail article below complete with a computer rendered explanation!  Show me the satellite tracking photos that all ships are tracked with and then I will believe you.  Bet we don't get that.....

"Italian investigators are working on the theory that the £390million vessel sailed close to the island of Giglio to greet an officer from the Italian merchant navy who was friendly with those on the Concordia. Reports in Italy said that investigators had identified the man on shore and he would be questioned as part of the inquiry into the incident."

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/14/article-2086831-0F764E570...

Tuscan chief prosecutor Verusio said the Concordia had ‘very ineptly’ approached the island en route to the port of Savona. The shipping lanes marked on maps plot a course to the west of the island. The Concordia came to grief to the east of Giglio.

[Derrick Johnson]

Hi Dott

In this particular case the land did not rise but it moved sideways under the water as a result of the earth wobble putting the boat right next to the shore, the land moved  to the boat. This is what caused the ship wreck, it would do no good to measure the depth because that has not changed in this area.

[Dott D.]

When I heard about the cruise ship's disaster, I remembered
Nancy's words about the plate movement in the Mediterranean.
That captain is probably doubting his sanity when he undoubtedly
viewed the depths of the water they were traveling in and the immediate
Damage occuring to the ship from the reefs that were now much higher
than ever before. Italy needs to do measurements now and compare them
To past depth measurements of that area.
Dott

[Gerard Zwaan]

One dead as tanker sinks in Albania

[astrogal50]

At least we know the truth, already, thanks to Nancy Lieder and the Zetas.  (Thanks also to the home of questions to the Zetas, Gerard Zwaan's unique Pole Shift Ning; and how about a shout-out to the ning's many active members who donate so much time and effort to spreading the truth about earth changes, Planet X, and the pending pole shift.) 

If the Establishment settles on something other than human error, I will be shocked.  Looks like the captain will take the fall for yet another highly unusual, unexplainable event, regardless of any truth to allegations about the captain's post-accident actions.

Enzo Russo / AFP - Getty Images  Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, is taken into custody in Grosseto, Italy, on Saturday.

January 15, 2012.  Updated at 7:25 a.m. ET:  An Italian prosecutor confirms he's investigating allegations from passengers and others that the captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia abandoned the stricken liner before all the passengers had left.

Officials believe the ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, had brought the 114,500-tonne vessel too close to the shore, where it struck the rock, tearing a large gash in the hull....  http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/15/10159776-divers-f...

[Recall 15]

See this picture of the ship,

then:

Quoted:

What does this do to the rocky shores of Italy and any hapless ships moored or traveling just off the coast?

The land is pushed UNDER the water, and the ship suddenly finds itself on rocks it though safely at a distance.

Though obvious to the populace watching in amazement where the Sun is found these days, the Earth wobble is not something allowed into print.

Thus the ship’s captain, desperate to explain what occurred, is at a loss and casting about to blame navigation equipment failure.

End quoted from Above.

Thanks, Nancy, and the Zetas for ZetaTalk!

[astrogal50]

Thanks, Nancy, for ZetaTalk!

[Derrick Johnson]

@ Allison

Nancy just posted the new ZetaTalk below

[Derrick Johnson]

Thanks Nancy and the Zetas!

[Nancy Lieder]

Will add this to the 1/21 Q&A info but posting early here ...

SOZT
The wobble induced North Sea storms are due to the pumping action of the wobble,
http://www.zetatalk.com/newsletr/issue273.htm
where the N Pole leans to the left for sunrise in Europe and then to the right for sunset in Europe. Thus the largest wave in to hit the Irish shores was registered at 2:00 pm.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/record-size-wave-hits-irish-shor...
But Europe also participate when the most violent push of the wobble occurs, when the Sun is high over the Pacific and Europe is in the dead of night. The globe is pushed violently north as the magnetic N Pole of Earth comes up over the horizon and is pushed away by Planet X. When this happens the globe is pushed SOUTHWARD on the opposite side of the globe, as the globe rolls as one.

What does this do to the rocky shores of Italy and any hapless ships moored or traveling just off the coast? The land is pushed UNDER the water, and the ship suddenly finds itself on rocks it though safely at a distance. Though obvious to the populace watching in amazement where the Sun is found these days, the Earth wobble is not something allowed into print. Thus the ship’s captain, desperate to explain what occurred, is at a loss and casting about to blame navigation equipment failure.  
EOZT