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A Carabinieri diver passes by the stricken Costa Concordia luxury liner near Giglio island during searches on Jan. 19. Italian rescuers were forced to suspend operations on the stricken Costa Concordia on Jan. 20.
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A Carabinieri scuba diver swims next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship's anchor, off the tiny Giglio island, Italy. The $450 million Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into well-marked rocks off the island of Giglio after the captain made an unauthorized diversion from his programmed route. The ship then keeled over on its side.
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Carabinieri divers pass by the bell of the stricken Costa Concordia luxury liner near the Giglio island during searches on Jan. 19. Italian rescuers were forced to suspend operations on the stricken Costa Concordiaon on Jan. 20, a week after a Mediterranean tragedy in which up to 32 people are feared dead.
Though this is not the first time we are seeing images of divers searching the Costa Concordia, these pictures provide detailed views of the ship that we had not previously seen. Over the past week, divers have worked with the threat of the ship moving and splitting in two at any moment. Search and rescue operations for the 21 people still missing have been temporarily suspended and resumed several times this week.
msnbc.com news services report:
Sensors installed Thursday show constant vibrations in the ship structure, NBC News has learned. The ship is resting on two points underwater, keeping it from sinking. The remainder of the vessel is hanging and moves. Officials are worried the Concordia will sink further or suffer a sudden drop.
Seven days after the 114,500-ton ship ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, hopes of finding anyone alive have all but disappeared and the cold waters around the ship have become rougher, with worse weather expected at the weekend.
"The ship is not in safe enough conditions for rescue operations to continue," Coast Guard spokesman Cmdr. Cosimo Nicastro told The Associated Press. Continue reading.
For the latest updates on the Costa Concordia, visit our Overhead Bin.
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The Costa Concordia ran aground Jan. 13 off the coast of Italy, resulting in the evacuation of thousands of passengers as the ship began heavily listing.
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If they want to salvage her, they'd better get the underwater welders there with some sheet metal. It CAN be done, but sooner is better than later. Patch it up, pump out the water and tow her to dry dock.
Sheila A., You're absolutely right. Granted the USS Cole was constructed very differently but I'm pretty sure they could have closed off bulkheads INSIDE, left the hole on the outside and pump out enough water, or pump in enough water for ballast on the port side to at least tow it out of that pristine water.
***WARNING***STUPID COMMENT TO FOLLOW**** Like I said earlier, its likely worth more as a "total loss" insurance claim. Or, stranger things have happened, but this little island is probably getting a huge boost to their tourism. Dumb I know, but why no effort to right the ship? Have they even started to pump out the fuel? I don't know much about this story so far but I would bet money that somewhere, bureaucrats have already assembles teams to study the effects of the paint that scraped off on the rocks, and how long it will take a floating chair cushion to float around the world. Clearly my cynicism is winning over my rationality. Better stop writing.
I wonder if they are self insured. If not what the deductible will be?
hang the captin and bridge crew
Those divers are pretty steely to go down there. Were it not for them and DeFalco Italians everywhere would hang their heads!
fritter-and-wait, Actually the divers risk NOT JUST being trapped with no exist but the greater risk is the ship falling quickly to a depth unsustainable for the diver. The area off the island is supposedly 530 Feet deep. Were the ship to fall off the cliff it would drag the divers, were they in a cabin, down with it. Even if they were not injured by moving debris or the force and weight of the falling ship they could easily suffer from the benz upon ascent....IF they were lucky enough to 1) find a way out of the ship 2) have enough air left in their tank to make the ascent and 3) did not pass out on the way up.
i post you dont print it thanks for the censorship
you know this is going to be a tourist attraction now.
more people will fly in, rent out more hotels keep them waiting for loves one to be foiund. hahah nice tactic
i think maybe the divers are looking for bodies period . but that boat slips and those divers are in the wrong place it is dangerous lets just say that . i dont think i would want my loved ones diving with a unstable ship and sure the people who lost loved ones wouldnt want them to stop looking but they wouldnt want any one else dying either. its a lose lose situation there.
these rescue divers seem to be taking more pics for their photo albums than actually rescuing people. wtf?
Sloppy...are you saying this was all a scheme to bring in tourists? WTF?
Adam...what makes you think these pics are taken by the divers?
As close as they were to shore why did any one have to drown or die??????
they can if they use air tube push the water out lift the ship to level it off it sides close off the chambers so that the water stay in the damage areas.weld and pump out all the water as u lift the ship steps slow and take time. happy to be on solid ground living pray for the missing and the blessed having there life after the thing they went through almost.