Cruise liner runs aground off Italy's coast

[haoqh]

do a barrel roll please.

too soon? :D

[gaddithsaat]

At that point the engines went dead. That's when abandon ship should have been called (the ship was vertical for almost an hour more) and the anchors dropped. The Captain was apparently told to wait till the financial police could make films of the damage They were there within minutes. With no power the ship was drifting at about 12 knots to deeper water where the whole ship would have sunk beneath the surface.

[gaddithsaat]

At that point, drifting ever farther from the island, the Captain make a decision that probably saved hundreds of lives. Steered hard right, slowing the ship two one knot so he could use the bow thruster. This turned the bow to the south and the current pushed the ship's stern onto a sandbar. Unfortunately the bow thruster probably caused the ship to lean to starboard, pushing the water to that side. With the whole ship now grounded the listing grew ever greater.

[destroyer1ism]

Capitain is a FUCKING CAZZA! When the coast guard ORDERS him back to the ship he was like- "but mommy I too scared and FUCKING cowardly to go back . Me needo mucho vino. CUNT-FACED ASS-WIPE!

inglorious Bastard -quit making up all your FUCKING excuses-the capitano was a FUCKING BASTRAD of a COWARD -hE abandoned ship and would not go back - he is guilty of negible homicide, and cowerdice. NO FUCKING EXCUSES HERE senior!

[TyreeJenkins28]

i believe the captain was drunk

[padman1975]

This so called Captain is living proof of Italian pride. No one should ever done what he did. He is responsible of KILLING those people there. None of you cant justify any action that he did. That is so stupid so....dont have a word for it. I hope he gets a life in jail and his mind collapses. Him becoming a shell of a human. No mercy for week.

[thedorantor]

@padman1975 Don't blame the Italian pride. its like blaming a group of people cause one individual screwed up.

[ronpaulforpots]

@thedorantor This is youtube, where the pimple faced teenagers come out to troll, spew racist rants, shout ethnic slurs, or driveby comment their hate in delicate ways because they have no other outlet to do so in public without getting their asses kicked. They receive immense satisfaction from the negative attention but if we instead ignore these little nerds or flag for spam then they eventually give up and move on to the next most viewed video.

[LilHondaFreak21]

sorry ass so called captain didnt even have a license to operate dat ship !

[p71280]

Poor customer service is to be expected from the current lazy, uneducated and undisciplined generation.

[ronpaulforpots]

Futhermore, before you get on a ship or a plane for that matter understand there are risks..DOn't blame the crew for your panic and fear!! I doubt any of these rich fatcats even spoke Italian which leads me to my next point. Learn the basic emergency language before you go vacation abroad!!

[7477238]

@ronpaulforpots Yes charged and convicted. Why was the Captain one of the first to jump ship? That right there shows guilt.

[ronpaulforpots]

Cry much? Leave it up to the media to show Americans crying about the chaos....obviously there will be chaos from an accident but some of these people are pandering to the presstitutes and lawyering up in hopes of cash settlement. If you don't want to drown then swim to shore!!!Its not that hard..I mean you can see land!! Why are some of these passengers complaining about no guidance from the crew? The guidance is common sense- ABANDON SHIP MORONS !! Be happy you're alive ....accidents happen!

[p71280]

@ronpaulforpots You are an asshole. Piss off!

[IngloriusBastard11]

So Kine what did you expect him to do? Stay out in deep water and allow the ship to sink to depths unknown? He was dealing with a situation that creates chaos amongst people who either have no idea about the sea, have only been on one cruise or in some cases can't even swim. He made a decision based on the situation and knowing that the crew were a bunch of chicken shits who were going to be the first ones over the rails. He made a decision based on the lesser of two evils.

[padman1975]

Captain of this ship wasnt last one around. He was sitting at the rescue boat while passengers were saving them selves..... This reminds me of worlds thinnest book, its about Italian war heroes during WW2. Or what does Italian adonis do when someone steps on his toes? He calls mom.

[JAZproductions41]

except there was only 3 people killed, and it did not hit an iceberg, It was kinda like Titanic you know, 1912, 2012. get the picture?

[7477238]

The Captain and the crew should all be charged and convicted. Based on what the passengers are saying the Captain and the Crew acted with the slightest interests of the passengers, the crew was downplaying the situation. Haven't ships sailed there for 1000s of years? How does a modern ocean liner run aground?

[chuckufarly65]

boys we have to turn this thing around and get some more chivas regal,dont worry we can make this turn. oh shit now were stuck and theres no hookers in this port.screw this im jumping off and going to the pub

[MegaSalvador25]

bitchass italions i do remembe when they talk shit cuz mexico staring to biuld there own mexican cars,so fuck you all bitchass italions fucks you got a drunk ass capitan

[101HeyNow]

Ive been on a similar Fincantieri built ship, those things are so amazingly massive. The sight of something that big listing (sp?) so bad must have been a scarry sight, let alone experience.

[wirewaffle]

I do wish that people would refrain from using bad language on You Tube - your were not on the ship and the people interviewed did not use this language. I wish that You Tube moderated this remarks

[IngloriusBastard11]

For those of you who do not know the power of the sea just take a look at that gash along the hull. I am assuming he wasn't doing more than 5 or 10 knots and look at the damage. Once you take the sea for granted you are as vulnerable as a dummie in a crash test. It is a constant job of being alert and totally in control of your vessel. I don't care if it is a small sail boat, or huge ocean liner, the same things apply. You are ultimately responsible for the safety of your crew and passengers.

[skeaneable]

that captain had to be smoking a motherfucking joint!

[1littleangel2u]

The Sea Diamond sank in April 07 near the same spot. Something is going on w the underwater volcano

[IngloriusBastard11]

Yes, I just heard this morning that the Captain left the ship before the passengers and crew. And yes that is something that should be considered before passing judgement. But my opinion still stands that by bringing the ship closer to shore he saved a number of lives. His departure before the crew is inexcusable and he will probably never sail another ship in his lifetime.

[Jolandatommy]

COSTA CROCIERE IS AMERICAN IT'S A S.P.A.

THE FILIPINOS AND THE CAPTAIN WERE THE ONLY SELFISH MEMBERS..STOP BEING SO RACIST AGAINST ITALIANS

Nobody talked about the local popolation they opened their houses in the middle of the night...let's be onest there were probably more people on the ship than off

IT'S THE BIGGEST RESCUE OF THIS TYPE YOU CAN'T MAKE COMPARISON AND SAY AN OTHER NATION WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER -LIKE A STUPID NAZI GERMAN SAID !

Don't worry the truth will come through

[kristyklc6969]

They lied to the passengers and said it was the generator when they had actually run aground! You can see the lights on when the ship is already listing,they should have abandoned ship well before that point-and the Captain left his post and passengers??So bad!!!

[BubbaBodecker]

I was on this ship! It was crazy! People were running for lifeboats but half of them were submerged on the other side! The crew were letting only women and children on board and NO Negros!!! I couldn't believe it! We ended up scaling down into a private fishing vessel! Were ok on the island now and our transportation home is being arranged. The ship cruised into a rock or something. It was loud when it happened! I'm ok though! Vacation is all messed up though!

[aperkins07]

hahaha the captain said fuck this, ciao bitches

[FunnyVideoCollector]

The captain said acording to his charts that he was in safe water for shipping after he ran agrond he made his way to the coast so it could not fully sink. Him and the 1st officer have been arested for multiple manslaughter though for abandoning the ship leaving the crew and passangers onboard confused not knowing what to do.

[Spiker894]

It says they were far out when it happened, then they sailed toward the coast to run aground and get near shore. I imagine they hit a submarine, a UFO, something that should NOT have been there, who knows? Maybe the Iranians are testing underwater weapons (haha, kidding)

[Memphis35]

@Spiker894 they hit an un-identified flying object in the ocean?

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

Italians, never ever allow them to navigate

[pboisei]

Where's the iphone footage !

[rmw234567]

i got so fucking scared this morning... my mom and dad took a cruise of Italy and i woke up this morning to this. i cried my eyes out and i tired to give them a call. no one picked up. ten minutes later i got a call and it was them. they asked if everything was alright and i asked them if their cruise had sunk. they said no like i was crazy and i told them to check the news. i was so relieved. my heart goes out to everyone still surviving that crash <3 :)

[ynnelj84]

thanks god my sis was not there...



[MegaHonored]

CIA did it!!

[grayDfox]

Woow that's huge damage to the ship's hull, it's really make me scary, because I'm working in ship

[kaitlynmc12]

Chuck Norris was snorkeling...

[gravityhammer25]

Did it hit an old mine?

[missgleegirl2]

it was friday the 13!! 

[mightysalacc]

Do a barrel Roll!

[crispyspa]

This stresses the importance of maintaining watertight integrity. If all rules were followed then damage would have been kept to a minimum.

[the82spartans]

revenge... of the giant squid!

[Myuzishin]

collision with a Martian submarine

[ArgotMay]

How did it get a hole in the center bottom without any damage to the front bottom? Is anyone really sure how this happened?

[greg12145]

@ArgotMay CHOAS on 113.... 1/13 like fukushima 11/3

[giggleherz]

see if they would just put Teflon on the hull it would have just slid along without sticking.

passenger # 1 says "my Ipad maps is telling me we are over land"

# 2 says " my Ipad has an app that is telling me its time to put on your life vest". Ten minutes later the captain gets a text message on his Iphone from the engine room " hey captain I know we are not supposed to wake you after midnight but there is water coming in down here"

RIP

[IngloriusBastard11]

If it would not have been for the Captain's instinctive abilities to run that ship agound as close to shore as possible this could have elevated into a total disaster. Not being able to see the extensive damage, and the gash that was created, his judgement was to save as many people as possible by getting that ship as close to land as he could. I am sure a lot of people will make him out to have not made the right decision.

I am former Navy, and I know how trecherous the sea can be.

[LeonChaidez]

@IngloriusBastard11

Totally agree, its too bad he got arrested though.

[Chesedrosen]

@IngloriusBastard11 The captain has been arrested. He was also the first to leave the ship.

[gkimwell]

@IngloriusBastard11 But I thought he is highly paid to be highly instictive...plus the use of technology, surely that should be a good place to start.......in this day and age to have disaster of this magnitude is embarrassing....let us stop blaming technology and nature....the people running this ship are to blame...and there goes my hope to vacation on a cruise ship!

[randomhighjinxx]

@gkimwell I hate to say it, but sometimes... shit happens. You cannot stop a cruise ship on a dime. If it was heading in the direction of something and the instruments didn't pick it up in time... then there was no hope for it. The people running the ship aren't infallible, they rely on the instruments to tell them how close they are to land because they simply cannot see to guesstimate around that big of a ship. Instincts do not equal clairvoyance, but they help in the aftermath.

[Cliffs12345]

@gkimwell Are you kidding me. This cruise line is horrible i have no idea why your hope is gone. Go on royal caribbean or carnival.

[ronpaulforpots]

@Cliffs12345 what? Carnival owns this cruiseline! nice recommendation lol

[tubester4567]

@IngloriusBastard11 He left the ship before his passengers, isnt that a big no-no for captains?

[gkimwell]

@tubester4567 He was going to look for help....modern day captain.....

[docpear]

@IngloriusBastard11 From what I understand, the commander left the ship before his passengers were off, and is being held by authorities.

[peterlohnes1]

@IngloriusBastard11 you're full of shit. the captain made an unathorized course change...he's an idiot and a coward.

[whoarethebrainpigs]

@IngloriusBastard11 from what i gather he was sailing too close to the shore in the first place ,,hence jagged rocks cause gaping hole in hull of ship .

[remaxdurham]

@IngloriusBastard11 he is a coward!!!



[yootube000]

Thank god they were near a coast and not in the middle of the ocean at night.

[peterjol]

How does a ship moving 'forward' hit rocks so hard on the side only?

[imjansd]

@peterjol side wind

[JoOp046]

I was on that same ship in november they realy give about enirorment they won prices for the greenest cruise companny

[WellIAMScottish]

That's their karma for making such a waste dump out of the ocean. Sitting down to eat dead squid they stole from the ocean - instant karma. Sorry losers!

[ilvin27]

@WellIAMScottish hey peace brother.... u such a fking hippie.

[Vercetti777]

Let us wait till what the Kapitan zur See will say

[franklindavid]

The Captain had tooooooooooooooooo much Vodka.

[ThePayola123]

I never liked cruise ships. When people huddle en masse anywhere they make for very tempting targets.

[EVRYMANaKING]

1:13 That looks like a direct hit from a torpedo or missile...I smell Lusitania.

[shaptula4]

She took an arrow in the ankle.

[guydecervens]

It looks like a dolphin attack. No way did tuna make that hole.

[ElshamyWalid]

GET ME THE DINO YACHT CLUB!

[louielamson2000]

What happened? The ship hit by what? Costa Concordia has adv louielamson2000 on Google search last month.

[RayDandy]

a result of unrestricted mass tourism.

[HumanityWins]

thats one wet ship..

who would want to leave such an awesome place ? i'd stay just to see the helicopters

[JogBird]

the damage looks like it was from a mine or magentic bomb..hmmmm ,, maybe the work of mossad

[Xalira06]

@JogBird Don't be ridiculous, it was a huge, highly avoidable mistake because they were too close to the coast.

[djillali34]

Titanic 2

[unnim]

For sale one slightly dented luxury liner.