The crash of the cruise ship Costa Concordia (20 photos). "Costa Concordia" (Costa Concordia) - cruise ship

The Costa Concordia, one of the ten largest cruise ships in the world, crashed on January 13, 2012. In September 2013 off the coast Italian island Giglio successfully completed a unique operation to raise a 300-meter sunken giant weighing 114,000 tons.

We have already discussed it with you. But on Wednesday, the Costa Concordia liner began its last journey - the ship went to the port of Genoa, where it is being dismantled.

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2. Confirming the notoriety of Friday the 13th, the huge cruise ship Costa Concordia (Costa Concordia), carrying more than 4,200 people, crashed on January 13, 2012 near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany in Italy. (Photo by AP Photo | Giuseppe Modesti):

3. Freeze frame from the video as passengers leave the sinking ship, January 14, 2012. (Photo by Reuters | Guardia Costiera):

4. According to the captain, the cruise liner ran into rocks that were not indicated on the navigation chart. 32 people died, two are missing. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

5. Later, the liner almost completely sank into the Mediterranean Sea. A scuba diver inspects the hull of the sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia six days later, January 19, 2012. (Photo by Reuters | Centro subacquei dei Carabinieri):

6. Damage and traces of raid on the reef are visible. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

7. Under water, inside the ship is complete chaos, January 24, 2012. (Photo by AP Photo | Italian Navy GOS):

8. The Italian Titanic, the Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank in Italy, has been in trouble since its launch in 2005, when, according to an old maritime tradition, a bottle was supposed to be broken on the side of the ship. But the bottle didn't break. In 2008, the €450 million Costa Concordia cruise ship crashed into a pier off the coast of Naples, Italy. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

9. 2013 At the crash site cruise ship Costa Concordia is in the process of installing equipment before bringing the vessel into a vertical position. This operation is truly unique. Previously, engineers had never had to work with such large vessels. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

10. The purpose of this operation was to remove the ship from the stones, raise and put it upright with the help of an underwater platform and cranes. Containers on the sides (below in the photo) allowed the entire structure to remain on the surface, September 15, 2013. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

11. The largest and most expensive maritime rescue operation in history is worth about 250 million euros, and the damage to the owners amounted to 1.5 billion euros. The unique operation to raise a sunken ship off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio took less than a day - 19 hours. The ship was successfully keeled on September 17, 2013. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

12. The next phase of the operation began in July 2014. On Wednesday, the Costa Concordia liner began its last journey - the ship went to the port of Genoa, where it is being dismantled, July 22, 2014. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

An interesting fact: the Titanic sank on the night of April 13-14, 1912, and the Costa Concordia sank on the night of January 13-14, 2012, i.e. between these crashes is almost exactly 100 years of difference.

It is interesting to compare the "Titanic" and "Costa Concordia" according to the declared characteristics:

13. Damaged part of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, July 13, 2014. (Photo by Reuters | Alessandro Bianchi):

14. Let's look inside. The picture was taken on February 27, 2014. (Photo by Reuters | Carabinieri Police):

15. The Costa Concordia had 1,500 cabins, the world's largest wellness center at sea, four swimming pools, five spas, five restaurants, 13 bars, a cinema, a disco and an internet cafe. (Photo by Reuters/Carabinieri Police):

16. Among the maritime disasters that occurred in Peaceful time, in terms of the number of victims of the Titanic, it ranks third - 1,513 people. The Doña Paz ferry, which collided with an oil tanker in 1987, remains in the lead. More than 4,000 people died in the clash and ensuing fire.

17. Inside the liner, time has stopped. Someone's suitcases. (Photo by Reuters | Carabinieri Police):

18. According to the passengers, when the ship had already received a hole, the crew, dressed in life jackets, persuaded passengers to return to the cabins, assuring that nothing terrible was happening. (Photo by Reuters | Carabinieri Police):

19. For five days, Costa Concordia will have to overcome approximately 370 kilometers in tow, the ship will move at a speed of 2 knots, July 14, 2014. (Photo by Reuters | Alessandro Bianchi):

20. Preparatory work is underway before the last trip of the Costa Concordia liner, July 14, 2014. (Photo by Vincenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

25. (Photo by AP Photo | Gregorio Borgia):

27. This is the last trip of the Costa Concordia. In Genoa, a complex dismantling operation will take place, it will be divided into four phases, it will last 22 months. (Photo by AP Photo | Courtesy of the Italian Civil Protection Department):

Let's remember a few ships with interesting history: here's an example, but here's the story, as well as find out the secret. And here The original article is on the website InfoGlaz.rf Link to the article from which this copy is made -

Hello, dear readers, subscribers, friends and random visitors, Vladimir Raichev is in touch with you. How can you hear me, welcome, welcome? Have you heard anything about the wreck of the Costa Concordia? Surely heard, I already wrote about it.

I think it would not be out of place to refresh your knowledge about this disaster, check out this edition of Euronews:

I want to note that initially the course of the Costa Concordia liner was changed, according to the captain, he was asked about this by a colleague who was on board. Well, think about changing course - is that a problem? But that's just how it seems.

Reasons for the crash of the liner

Missing on the ship detailed maps to change course, so the crew was essentially going blind. Oriented, as they say, by sound. Do you think this is normal? And if the fate is that there are more than 4,000 people on board?

Another well-known problem was that there was a person at the helm of the liner who could hardly understand the captain's commands. this is fixed by the ship's independent systems (think of it as a sort of ship's black boxes).

It took the helmsman more than 13 seconds to turn the ship in the right direction. Just imagine, 13 seconds to start executing the command after receiving the command. Tough, right?

After receiving a hole, the ship still drifted for several tens of minutes and the evacuation from the ship was not carried out. The team did not know how to act in the event of an emergency. Doesn't it remind you of anything? The story is very similar to the sinking of the Titanic. Don't you think so?

The opinion of the captain of the liner SS Navigator Maxim Melnikov on the causes of the disaster

I shared my thoughts with you, but I also have an interview with the captain of the SS Navigator ship of Regent Seven of thr Seas Cruises, our compatriot Maxim Melnikov. Everything he said was left without editing, I present it as it is. The interview was given immediately after the crash.

The immediate cause is human error. But what led to it, and how did everything that followed happen? To answer these questions, we must wait at least for the preliminary results of the investigation.

There is a very thin line between recklessness and virtuoso navigation. The captain admitted that he wanted to salute his senior colleague, who was on the shore, with a maneuver. Well, what can I say: It worked! This is black humor. But seriously, a very dubious decision - at night in cramped sailing conditions on a 300-meter vessel, and even at an unsafe speed.

Based on your personal experience work and communication with Italian sailors, including captains, I can say that in general they are good specialists. But to say that they are all "one of the best in the world", I would not. Although depending on whom to compare. In any case, neither our sailors nor the Croats are inferior to them in anything. But again, everything is very individual, especially when it comes to captains.

For a number of reasons, there are a lot of Italian captains in the cruise industry. I personally worked and know seven people, all of them are strong specialists. But in my opinion, the British and Scandinavians are a cut above in many ways.

The crews of the ships are now mixed. For example, I have 42 nationalities per 400 crew members. There are not enough people, and especially good sailors. Over the past 15 years, the cruise industry has grown at such a pace that they simply do not have time to train specialists with the required qualifications. Hence the staff turnover with all the ensuing consequences.

It would be wrong to divide crew members according to nationality, although there are some peculiarities in managing people from different countries. For example, you cannot raise your voice at Filipinos - this does not give the expected effect, they simply fall into a stupor, take offense and stop working.

But with the "Mediterranean" people you can make some noise, they themselves are - with hot blood. The main reason for hiring Asians is that they give the best value for money today, they are ready to work on a ship for 10 months, they know English well, they don’t make noise, they are unpretentious in everyday life, they willingly obey.

A major drawback is that they are not able to command the so-called "white people". As a result, real crowd control is not implemented very well.

On the other hand, who can really do it when the ship is at 60 degrees? Under normal conditions, with a roll of 5 degrees - not comfortable, 10 degrees - anxious, 20-30 degrees - sentry! The best team by nationality is a multinational team, but this is almost unrealistic today, especially on large cruise ships.

The captain states that he was swept into the lifeboat due to a list, which could well have happened under the circumstances. Only with him were, as I understood from the news, his Second-in-Command and one (one) Deck Officer.

Usually the captain and staff captain are assigned to the rafts (not lifeboats) that are the last to leave the ship. Therefore, not a “code of honor” should apply here, but an elementary alarm schedule, which is the main document for the fight for damage. And the code of honor is good when honor itself has a place to be.

I once passed exams to the captain mentor - the former captain of the Nakhimov, after his return from prison. Was it worth it for moral reasons for him to take exams from young navigators? On the other hand, for one beaten they give two unbeaten.

And you can also ask about the fate of the captain of the Sea Dimond or another Greek eccentric who left the ship to sink in a storm and flew away by helicopter in order to "lead the rescue operation more efficiently."

I wanted to be short - but took it to the quick! Let's build Russian cruise ships already. And then I recently anchored here 300 meters from the yacht Eclipse, one of the well-known Russian oligarch. So there you can easily accommodate a person of 500 passengers, if you make some room.

We all really miss our passengers, although here, on my ship, we call them "guests" - after all, 6-star status obliges even in small things.

There should not be a "code of honor", but an elementary alarm schedule, which is the main document for the fight for damage. And the code of honor is good when honor itself has a place to be.

After such an interview, it is probably pointless to comment on something. There is an old Russian proverb:

Not knowing the ford - do not poke your head into the water.

It seems to me that the captain's Italian temperament played a cruel joke on him. And what do you think? Write your opinion in the comments. I'll be waiting.

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia was wrecked after hitting a reef off Giglio Island on January 13, 2012, killing 32 passengers and crew. 613 days after the disaster, work began on lifting the ship. The complex rescue operation "parbuckling" was the largest and most expensive in history: it cost $ 800 million, and it took many months to prepare. In fact, the operation took 19 hours, and after its completion, the liner took a vertical position under the joyful cries of the crowd gathered on the coast.

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1. View of the Costa Concordia, after the ship ran aground and fell on its side off the coast of Isola del Giglio, January 14, 2012.

The Costa Concordia sank on January 13 last year off the Italian island of Giglio. The ship, on board of which there were several thousand people, ran into a reef due to the fact that the captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino, decided to come closer to the shore to greet his acquaintance.

During the crash of the liner, 30 people died, two more are missing. More than 4 thousand people were evacuated, some of them were injured.

The Costa Concordia has become the largest passenger ship to have ever been wrecked.

The Italian press published records of the black boxes of the sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia, which were previously considered non-existent due to the recorders allegedly turned off at the time of the voyage. The negotiations serve as convincing evidence of the guilt of the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, and indicate that after the collision with the reef, real panic reigned among the crew members.

Recorder data showed that Schettino took the ship off autopilot and took control at 9:39 p.m., six minutes before the collision, which occurred at 9:45 p.m.

At 09:56, the captain called the rescue officer on duty and admitted his guilt: “I screwed up. Listen, I'm dying. Do not tell me anything". A few minutes later, he called the same officer back, but already tried to shift the responsibility to the junior officer: “This is all Palombo. He told me: "Swim, let's get closer, closer." Well, I swam closer, hitting the reef with the stern. And I just wanted to please him, it's just a disaster.

Further, the captain actually ceased to take part in the management of the ship, delaying the start of the evacuation of passengers. As a result, it began when the ship was already heavily filled with water, and orders were given during the evacuation not by Schettino, but by his colleagues.

Cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino boards a police car in Grosseto, Italy on January 14, 2012. Schettino was arrested on charges of manslaughter.

According to the prosecution, Captain Schettino brought the Costa Concordia cruise ship too close to the coast of the island of Giglio and landed the ship on a rock. If found guilty, the captain faces up to 20 years in prison. Francesco Schettino himself denies the accusations against him, arguing that the rock that the liner ran into was not on nautical charts. The captain's defense during the hearing once again offered the court a plea bargain, under which Schettitino would agree to a three-year prison term if the court ruled that he was only partially guilty of the tragedy. According to forecasts, the fate of the captain is unlikely to be decided before October.

8. Rescuers work near the cruise ship Costa Concordia, lying on its side off the coast of the Tuscan island of Giglio.

9. Rescuers work at the crash site of the liner Costa Concordia.

According to numerous testimonies, confirmed by video recordings, the crew of the Costa Concordia simply failed the rescue operation. Captain Schettino, according to Vesti, instead of starting the evacuation and issuing a distress signal, announced 15 minutes after the collision that the ship simply had minor problems with the generator. Half an hour later, the passengers were already standing near the boats, still sheathed, and the captain again reported trouble with the generator. Only closer to 11 o'clock, when the list reached 30 degrees, there were seven short and one long beeps, which meant that the passengers had to leave the ship. Panic ensued, stampede. Captain Schettino, according to investigators, was one of the first to leave the ship without sending a distress signal. The Coast Guard itself contacted the ship in distress. Only then, late at night, did the real rescue operation begin. Those who did not get into the boat (four did not have time to launch, apparently due to too much roll) were filmed using helicopters when they clung to the rails of the liner that had boarded. Some swam to the shore, which was very close.

10. Transportation of furniture recovered from the sunken liner.

Most of the passengers were taken to the island of Giglio itself. The inhabitants of the island assisted the victims of the crash, brought them food, drink, warm clothes, placed them in the local church, school and other buildings.

On January 14-15, two newlyweds from South Korea, and one Italian crew member.

11. A diver inspects the ship's hull.

12. Divers inside the liner Costa Concordia.

On board the Costa Concordia cruise liner salvaged from the reefs, valuables were found, the total value of which is more than € 10 million. The money and jewelry that the passengers of the sinking liner did not have time to take with them in a hurry were kept in the bank and jewelry boutiques located on board the ship, as well as in the cells in the passenger cabins.

13. The wreckage of the liner under water.

14. Diver inspects the ship.

15. Divers work inside the liner.

On board the sunken liner were about six thousand works of art. The most valuable of them is a rare collection of Japanese engravings of the 18th-19th centuries, in particular the work of Katsushika Hokusai. The liner also contained 19th-century Bohemian glass and other antiques that adorned the interior, decorations from the liner's jewelry stores, and numerous valuables that had been left behind by passengers leaving the ship. In this regard, there were fears that these valuables could become the prey of "treasure hunters"

16. Inside the liner Costa Concordia.

17. Preparations for the operation to remove half a million gallons of fuel from the liner Costa Concordia, January 28, 2012.

On January 16, an oily liquid began to leak from the ship. It was not fuel yet, according to the Italian Ministry of the Environment, but if the ship had slipped off the rocks and broken, then two thousand three hundred tons of fuel could have entered the sea. Therefore, we carried out the pumping of fuel.

18. Costa Concordia off the coast of Giglio.

19. Relatives of the victims of the shipwreck touch a memorial plaque with the names of 32 victims a year after the disaster on the Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, January 13, 2013.

21. Specialists collect spilled fuel near the liner Costa Concordia, January 25, 2012.

22. Workers use massive steel tanks to try to return the Costa Concordia to a vertical position on January 11, 2013.

Engineers had never before had to move such a large ship that sank so close to the shore. Costa Concordia weighs more than 114 thousand tons, and the length of the ship is comparable to three football fields.

23. Welders work on the liner Costa Concordia, July 15, 2013. The hull of the liner was compressed by 3 meters under its own weight.

If the liner did roll over, the consequences for the environment would be catastrophic. The reef in the protected area near the island of Giglio would have been destroyed, and the ship itself would have gone deep under water.

26. Employees of the American company Titan and the Italian company Micoperi are working on the liner Costa Concordia, September 15, 2013. The rescue operation "parbuckling" is designed to lift the liner using a series of cables and hydraulic machines.

By mid-2013, the liner was still on board near the coast, attracting many tourists. Work was underway to prepare it for lifting: divers were erecting a platform from the shore side, volumetric square counterweight tanks were suspended on the opposite side, which, after filling with water, were supposed to put the ship on a keel.30. Beginning of the final phase of the operation to lift the Costa Concordia, September 16, 2013.33. On September 16, 2013 at 09:00, the operation to raise the vessel began. Photo taken that day: Costa Concordia is vertical for the first time since January 2012.36. Starboard of the Costa Concordia, September 17, 2013.

37. Liner Costa Concordia is in a vertical position after the rescue operation, September 17, 2013.

The 19-hour operation to raise the vessel has ended. The ship was brought to a vertical position with the help of rollers and 36 steel cables and a special platform built at a depth of 30 m.

38. Liner Costa Concordia after a large-scale operation returned to a vertical position to applause and cries of joy local residents, September 17, 2013.

Upright, the Concordia will remain off Giglio until at least spring, when the ship is towed to one of the nearby ports. The raising of the ship cost 600 million US dollars.

In the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Giglio in 2012, on January 13, a terrible tragedy occurred - the catastrophe of a large cruise ship Costa Concordia. At that time there were 4200 people on it.

Ship "Costa Concordia"

The liner was built in the middle of summer 2006. This is one of the largest modern ships of the Costa Cruises company, which ranks first in Europe in terms of passenger (cruise) transportation. 114500 tons - its displacement, passenger capacity - up to 3780 people. The number of cabins on board is 1500.

Vessel dimensions: 290.2 m long, 35.5 m wide. A powerful electric generator is capable of providing energy to an entire city with a population of 50,000. There are four swimming pools, 5 restaurants, 5 spas, 13 bars, a disco, a cinema and an Internet cafe on board.

crash

On January 13, a ship from the port of Civitavecchia headed for Savona. It was an ordinary cruise route - "7 Nights of the Winter Mediterranean". This latest cruise planned to call at several ports in Italian cities, as well as Barcelona and Marseille.

At 10 pm in the area of the island of Giglio, when most of the passengers were having dinner at a restaurant, the ship ran into a huge stone reef. He received a large hole (length - 53 m, width up to 7.3 m) and began to sink. Compartments from the third to the eighth were flooded (5 in total). The eighth house was the engine room. In this regard, control over engines and electronic equipment was lost.

The ship ran aground just 150 meters from locality- the village of Giglio Porto. This is how the Costa Concordia sank.

The ship was designed to be unsinkable if only two compartments were damaged. By the morning of January 14, the ship sank and, having touched the bottom, lay on the starboard side.

In total, at the time of the disaster, there were 3,216 passengers (from 62 countries) and 1,023 crew members on the ship. Among them were Russians (108 people) and Ukrainians (45 citizens). None of them were hurt. Only of the three Russians (crew members) after the disaster, two ended up in the hospital. On board were three more citizens from Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Rescue operations, assistance of local residents

According to the testimonies of numerous witnesses (there are confirmations on video recordings), the crew of the Costa Concordia ship failed the rescue operation. The captain of the Schettino liner himself, instead of giving the necessary distress signal and starting the evacuation, announced to the passengers only 15 minutes after the accident that the ship had only minor problems with the generator (at that time there were indeed problems with energy).

Only when closer to 11 o'clock the ship's list increased greatly (30 degrees), beeps sounded, which meant that the passengers should leave the ship. Of course, panic began, a stampede.

The captain himself (according to the investigation) was one of the first to leave the ship, without even sending any signal about this terrible disaster. Thanks to the actions of the coast guard, which contacted the ship, a rescue operation began late at night.

Passengers who did not have time to get into the boats were lifted from the side rails (they clung to them) by helicopters. Four boats did not have time to launch. There was a very strong roll. Some passengers were able to swim to shore on their own.

Subsequently, during the search for missing people, naval sailors began to punch holes in the walls of the ship with explosions in order to break through to the remaining air bags, which could contain survivors.

Search and rescue operations had to be stopped several times due to adverse weather conditions and ship movements.

At the beginning of February 2012, the search was announced to be stopped, but only in the flooded parts of the ship, due to the great risk to scuba divers. And searches on the seabed (within 18 sq. km), as well as in the remaining not flooded premises of the vessel, continued.

The inhabitants of the island, in turn, helped the victims by placing them in a school, local church and other buildings. Provided them medical care brought food, warm clothes.

Victims, dead and injured

According to daily reports on January 14, it was known about the death of three people.
On January 15, the bodies of two more dead passengers(Italian and Spanish).

By January 16, there were already 6 dead. And 16 people at that time were listed as missing. The next day, the list of missing people grew to 29 people (including 4 crew members). The confusion in the figures of the report was due to the fact that most of the rescued were foreigners who did not speak Italian.

By the end of March 2012, a total of 30 bodies had been found. Two more people were still missing. The remains of the most recent missing person were discovered during search operations only in November 2013.

Invasion of tourists

"Costa Concordia" has increased the flow of tourists to the scene of the tragedy.

More than six months after the disaster, the tiny island filled with huge amount tourists. In nearby San Stefano, 15 kilometers from the site of the tragedy, tour operators were doing business selling tickets for 10 euros. Tourists got the opportunity to look at the half-sank liner from a special ferry, which passed just a few meters from the Concordia.

The mayor of the village of Giglio, Sergio Ortelli, noted that in fact there was a significant increase in the number of tourists. They came to see the giant ship that fell on its side and take pictures of it as a keepsake.

Investigative work on the incident, results

The investigation found that the ship approached much closer (10 times) to the shore than it was planned by the route, and at a higher speed.

The entire campaign to eliminate the consequences of the shipwreck lasted more than two years. The damage estimated by the authorities of the island of Giglio amounted to 125-189 million euros.

The main defendant is the captain of the wrecked liner Francesco Schettino. He was found guilty of unintentional murder of people (32 people) and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Shipping experts are perplexed and wonder how such a modern and well-equipped vessel as the Costa Concordia could run aground in such well-studied sea areas.

The experts had two questions. Namely, how it happened that the Costa Concordia deviated from the planned route (by 3-4 nautical miles) and for what reason she capsized so soon.

This ship cruised this route 52 times a year.
The main assumptions about the causes of what happened are the human factor and a technical failure or a combination of these two factors.

It is also possible that the ship's crew simply strayed off course. Therefore, the liner "Costa Concordia" was dangerously close to the coast.

There were also versions that there were malfunctions in the ship's navigation equipment.
Power outages could also occur on board.

But the most important thing is that the wreck of the huge Costa Concordia liner occurred in the Mediterranean Sea, they learned in the world only a day after the incident. The greatest indignation and bewilderment was caused by the behavior of the captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino, and the crew subordinate to him.

According to the testimonies of the passengers, some members of the crew did not even let people into the lifeboats at first, but eventually climbed into them themselves. And the captain escaped from the sinking ship, leaving all the passengers behind.

Costa Concordia now

The operation to raise the ship was carried out in several stages. These works are the most expensive in the history of such operations, their cost is about 250 million euros. For the owners of the vessel, the damage amounted to approximately 1.5 billion euros. In August 2013, a unique operation began. It took less than a day. The ship was safely keeled.

The goal of the whole operation was, first of all, to achieve a minimum roll (zero). This has been successfully achieved. For 600 days on the reefs, the hull of the liner was badly damaged. However, the rise of the Costa Concordia ended successfully.

At the end of July 2014, work began on towing the ship to the port of Genoa. Three days later, the ship was brought to the intended port. Work on dismantling the hull will take almost 2 years.

The Costa Concordia, one of the ten largest cruise ships in the world, crashed on January 13, 2012. And recently, off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio, a unique operation was successfully completed to raise a 300-meter sunken giant weighing 114,000 tons.

The final liquidation of the consequences of the crash will consist of 10 stages and will require several years.

First, we will tell you about how the crash of the Costa Concordia cruise ship happened.

Confirming Friday the 13th's infamy, the huge Costa Concordia cruise ship, carrying more than 4,200 people, crashed in January 2012 near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany in Italy. (Photo by AP Photo | Giuseppe Modesti):

According to the captain, the cruise liner ran into rocks that were not indicated on the navigation chart. 32 people died, two are missing.

People waiting to be evacuated from a sinking ship, January 14, 2012. Some of them are now dead. (Photo by AP Photo | Courtesy a tourist aboard the ship):

Later, the Costa Concordia sank almost completely into the Mediterranean Sea. January 24, 2012. (Photo by AP Photo | Italian Navy GOS):

The Italian Titanic, the Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank in Italy, has been in trouble since its launch in 2005, when, according to an old maritime tradition, a bottle was supposed to be broken on the side of the ship. But the bottle didn't break. In 2008, the €450 million Costa Concordia cruise ship crashed into a pier off the coast of Naples, Italy.

The prosecutor's office claimed that it was the actions of the captain with the corresponding name Francesco Schettino that led to the wreck of the ship, and also accuses him of fleeing the ship long before the end of the evacuation, leaving his passengers behind. (Photo by Reuters | Enzo Russo | ANSA):

Let's compare the Titanic and the Costa Concordia according to technical characteristics:

Rescuers at the ship, January 19, 2012. To get into some compartments, it was necessary to install explosive charges on the ship's hull, which made the necessary holes. (Photo by Gregorio Borgia | Reuters):

By the way, among the maritime disasters that occurred in peacetime, the Titanic ranks third in terms of the number of victims - 1,513 people. The Doña Paz ferry, which collided with an oil tanker in 1987, remains in the lead. More than 4,000 people died in the clash and ensuing fire.

Chairs recovered from the Costa Concordia, (AP Photo | Pier Paolo Cito):

The Costa Concordia had 1,500 cabins, the world's largest maritime wellness center, four swimming pools, five spas, five restaurants, 13 bars, a cinema, a disco and an internet cafe. Let's look inside the sunken cruise ship, January 19, 2013. (Photo by Reuters | Centro subacquei dei Carabinieri):

According to the passengers, when the ship had already received a hole, the crew, dressed in life jackets, persuaded the passengers to return to the cabins, assuring that nothing terrible was happening. Panic reigned.

Scuba divers inspect the interior of the wreck of the Costa Concordia on January 24, 2012. (AP Photo | Italian Navy)

This is how the Costa Concordia cruise ship remained off the coast of Tuscany in Italy on February 11, 2012. (Photo by Reuters | Giampiero Sposito):

In this disaster, 32 people died, two more were not found. Their names are carved into memorial plaque. Italy, January 13, 2013. (Photo by AP Photo | Gregorio Borgia):

The specialists were able to start pumping out diesel fuel from the tanks of the vessel only a month later: both because of the search for people, and because of weather conditions. And although a large-scale ecological catastrophe was avoided, the damage to the protected area of Italy was nevertheless caused. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

The complete liquidation of the consequences of the crash will consist of 10 stages and will require several years. (Photo by AP Photo | Pier Paolo Cito):

How the cruise ship Costa Concordia was raised

The next stage in the aftermath of the crash was the recovery of the cruise ship Costa Concordia.

View near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany in Italy, September 16, 2013. (Photo by Reuters | Tony Gentile):

Here, at the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, work is being completed on the installation of equipment before bringing the ship into a vertical position. This operation is truly unique. Previously, engineers had never had to work with such large vessels.

The purpose of this operation was to remove the ship from the rocks, lift it up and put it upright with the help of an underwater platform and cranes. Containers on the sides (below in the photo) will allow the entire structure to remain on the surface. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

The largest and most expensive maritime rescue operation in history costs about 250 million euros, and damage to owners amounted to 1.5 billion euros. Italy, August 26, 2013. (Photo by Reuters | Alessandro Bianchi):

The main danger of this operation was that during the first maneuvers, the ship's hull, which had serious damage, could break. (Photo by AP Photo | Gregorio Borgia):

After raising the sunken rescuers, the restaurant and the deck on the starboard side are most interested in - most likely, they will try to find the bodies of two missing people there - waiter Kevin Rebello and passenger Maria Grazia Trecariki.

The unique operation to raise a sunken ship off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio took less than a day - 19 hours. The ship was successfully keeled.

The goal of the operation was to achieve zero roll, and this goal has been achieved. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

600 days on its side on the reefs turned out to be fatal for the Costa Concordia cruise liner, the hull is hopelessly deformed, but now there are no inaccessible zones on it. September 19, 2013. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

Costa Concordia in an upright position, September 17, 2013. The mangled side of the ship. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

Off the coast of the island of Giglio, a ship anchored on a platform that will help it survive the winter storm season will remain idle until at least the end of next spring. Then Costa Concordia will be towed to one of the nearest ports for further disposal. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

The starboard side was severely damaged. September 17, 2013. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

The ship Costa Concordia, raised from the day, on September 17, 2013. The mangled right side is visible in the photo. See also: (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):