Divers Eye: Underwater footage from wrecked Costa Concordia

Divers are resuming the search of the wreckage of the capsized Costa Concordia after data indicated the cruise ship had stabilised in the sea off Tuscany. To make it easier to enter and leave, the divers blasted more holes Saturday into the carcass of the ship, which has been lying on its side near the port of Giglio island since shortly after it crashed into a reef on January 13. They are searching for bodies or survivors, although it is unlikely any of the 21 missing in the accident could still be alive. The search was suspended on Friday after the Concordia shifted, prompting fears the ship could roll off a rocky ledge of sea bed and plunge deeper into the sea. An underwater robot equipped with a camera was also used to monitor the area and search for victims. There are also fears the Concordia's fuel could leak, polluting the surrounding pristine waters of the Mediterranean.

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[ez2curanut]

THIS VIDEO IS GAY> It needs to be RE-titled "1.5 min of some guy dropping from a helo, and less than 1 minute of some underwater footage".

This one sucks for the books rt.

[DrownedBeliefs]

@CynosuralTheory

Also, carcass is a perfectly valid word which describes an abandoned / lifeless form. It is being used to refer to the whole of the ship, not just the hull. In this sense, its application is more representative and therefore preferable.

[swissflavor313]

@ez2curanut stop complaining you spoiled brat.... be glad to have some footage and not nothing

[HumanityWins]

in Fascist Italy, you drive too close to the cliffs

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[bamboo4tameshigiri]

@motohead342 Land is close by and if it slips off the shelf and begins to sink again the safest way off is by helicopter.

[plaszid1]

So much for the captain going down with the ship? "oh I tripped and landed in a boat" DICKHEAD!

[zioband]

Every 7 minutes a child is born in Italy to immigrant parents, 9 per hour, 214 every day. Yet out of 100 children born, with 42 foreigners will reach the age of 18 years. A situation incomprehensible and unbearable for a country that is considered "civilized." HERE WE wonder (You stole) AN APPLE AND IF YOU GO to jail GUILTY OF HORRIBLE THINGS YOU AT HOME OR IN PARLIAMENT!?

[kampfgeist09x]

@disclosurenow9 very..

[violeman]

@DBKaiFANSonGokuRises Yeah I agree !! from all the footage I have seen , this is a bit over played now !!

God Bless the people that have lost there lives in this is a real awful incident !!

But enough said !!

Thanks RT !!

DEv

[motohead342]

Why would they approach this from the air? It's a ship half submerged. Couldn't they just boat right up to it?

[XTGEcolditz]

@deadwar56 Good question. But What I mean, which I should have said is stuff like the chances of WW3 slotting into place and starting etc etc which is what RT is doing right?