Seven shipwrecked cruise ships. Costa Concordia wreck (2012)

Hello, dear readers, subscribers, friends and random visitors, Vladimir Raichev is in touch with you. How can you hear me, hello? Have you heard anything about the crash of the Costa Concordia liner? You've probably heard, I already wrote about this.

I think it would be useful to refresh your knowledge about this disaster, look at this issue of Euronews:

I would like to note that initially the course of the Costa Concordia liner was changed, according to the captain, he was asked to do so by a colleague who was on board. Well, come to think of it, they changed course - is that a problem? But it only seems so.

Causes of the plane crash

Absent from the ship detailed maps to change course, so the crew was essentially walking blind. We were guided, as they say, by sound. Do you think this is normal? What if the fate is that there are over 4,000 people on board?

Another well-known problem was that at the helm of the liner there was a man who had difficulty understanding the captain’s commands. this is recorded by the ship's independent systems (think of it as a kind of black box on the ship).

It took the helmsman more than 13 seconds to turn the ship in the right direction. Just imagine, 13 seconds after receiving a command to begin executing it. Tough, isn't it?

After receiving a hole, the ship still drifted for several tens of minutes and evacuation from the ship was not carried out. The team did not know how to act in an emergency situation. Doesn't 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 SS Navigator liner Maxim Melnikov about the causes of the disaster

I shared my thoughts with you, but I also have an interview with the captain of the ship SS Navigator of the Regent Seven of thr Seas Cruises, our compatriot, Maxim Melnikov. Everything he said was left unedited, 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 for at least the preliminary results of the investigation.

There is a very fine line between recklessness and masterly navigation. The captain admitted that he wanted to salute his senior colleague who was on shore with the maneuver. Well what can I say: It was a success! This is black humor. But seriously, a very dubious decision - in the dark, in cramped conditions, sailing 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 I wouldn’t say that they are all “one of the best in the world.” Although it depends on who you compare with. 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 head and shoulders above in many respects.

The crews of the ships are now mixed. For example, I have 42 nationalities among 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 there simply is not 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 based on nationality, although there are some peculiarities in managing people from different countries. For example, you should not raise your voice at Filipinos - this does not give the expected effect, they simply fall into a stupor, get offended and stop working.

But with “Mediterranean” people you can make some noise, they are like that – with hot blood. The main reason for hiring Asians is that they give the best price-quality ratio today, are ready to work on a ship for 10 months, know decent English, are not boisterous, are unpretentious in everyday life, and 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 carried out very well.

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

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

Usually the captain and staff captain are assigned to rafts (not boats), which are the last to leave the ship. Therefore, it is not a “code of honor” that should apply here, but a basic alarm schedule, which is the main document in the fight for survivability. And the code of honor is good when honor itself takes place.

I once took exams for my mentor captain, the former captain of Nakhimov, after his return from prison. Should he, for moral reasons, have taken exams for young navigators? On the other hand, for one beaten one they give two unbeaten ones.

You can also inquire about the fate of the captain of the Sea Dimond or another Greek eccentric who left the ship to sink during a storm and flew away in a helicopter in order to “more effectively manage the rescue operation.”

I wanted it to be short, but it hit home! Let's build Russian cruise ships already. And then I recently stood at anchor 300 meters from the Eclipse yacht of a well-known Russian oligarch. So you can easily accommodate about 500 passengers there, if you make some room.

We all miss our passengers very much, although here on my ship we call them “guests” - after all, 6-star status obliges us even in small things.

It is not a “code of honor” that should apply, but a basic alarm schedule, which is the main document in the fight for survivability. And the code of honor is good when honor itself takes place.

After such an interview there is probably no point in commenting on anything. There is an old Russian proverb:

If you don't know the ford, don't go into the water.

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

Not long ago, one of the most expensive and unprecedented projects in history was completed, which cost 600 million euros and involved more than 500 people from 24 countries around the world - the recovery of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which partially sank off the coast of Tuscany (the island of Giglio).

Such an operation is almost unprecedented. The cases where such an amount of force was used can be counted on one hand. However, neither the risks associated with lifting the liner nor its high cost shook the engineers’ confidence that the lift was necessary.

History of the Costa Concordia wreck

On January 13, 2012, the liner was on the route 7 Night Winter Mediterranean, which involves leaving the port of Civitavecchia to Savona, the last cruise involved the liner calling at the ports of Barcelona, ​​Marseille and several other Italian ports.

January 13, 2012, 22:00 CET the ship was near the island of Giglio (Tuscany, Italy), most of passengers were having dinner at the restaurant at that time. It was then that the Costa Concordia hit a reef, resulting in a hole of about 30 meters. The rescue operation began.

From this moment, disagreements begin between the participants in the events - passengers and personnel of the liner. It is worth noting that all data can be interpreted from the position of individual people, and there are many of these positions (if not to say that almost everyone has their own), but the essence is still the same. As the victims of the crash say, after the collision, the ship tilted, causing panic among most of the passengers; the reaction of the ship’s captain was not long in coming and the loudspeaker announced problems with the liner’s generator.

Despite the fact that further events will not develop for the better, the captain of the ship continues to adhere to this point of view. Despite this, the evacuation continues and passengers gather en masse near the boats. As many passengers note, the liner staff failed to organize a smooth loading onto the boats. According to the investigation, which was carried out later, it turned out that the captain of the ship, Schettino, was among the first to leave the ship.

After loading onto the boats and launching, the personnel and passengers were transported to the shore, where the victims were provided with first aid. Worth noting the help local residents, who provided passengers with warm clothes, food and allocated places to stay for the night. Passengers occupied schools, churches and hotels.

Victims of the Costa Concordia cruise ship sinking

On the morning of January 14, 2012, Costa Concordia lay on its starboard side, touching the bottom. Search operations for missing persons are being organized.

As of January 17, the number of victims was 11 people, and 25 people were listed as missing. By early February, search operations in the submerged part of the ship were stopped due to the risk to scuba divers conducting search and rescue operations. And by the end of March, information was received about 30 dead and two missing.

Causes of the passenger airliner accident and punishment for those responsible

As the investigation found, the cause of the accident was a collision of the liner with a reef; among other things, a technical failure of the liner’s equipment cannot be ruled out. Experts were outraged by the fact that despite the fact that the liner passes this route 52 times a year, there was a deviation from the course by 3-4 miles. This can be explained by the initial statements of the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, who said that having shifted to the side coastline he wanted to greet his friend (former captain of Costa Concordia) who lives on the island. However, later, Schettino retracted his testimony and shifted the blame to the company manager, who, according to him, insisted that the ship come closer to the shore.

Decoding the black box showed that the ship was too close to the shore, the start of the evacuation occurred too late, in addition, the captain never sent a distress signal, which delayed the start of the rescue operation. Until July 17, 2013, Schettino was under house arrest by court order. On this moment The trial is underway, the prosecutor's proposed sentence is 2,697 years in prison.

Liquidation of consequences and rise of Costa Concordia

Just three days after the ship sank, an oily liquid began to leak from the vessel; experts reassured the public with assurances that it was not fuel. Fuel pumping began as there was a possibility that the ship would slide off the cliff. If this happened, more than 2,000 tons could end up at sea. Naturally, such a prospect did not make anyone smile. However, already on March 24 it was announced that the fuel had been pumped out, and literally a month later a tender was held to lift and evacuate the vessel, which was won by Titan Salvage.

The plan for raising the vessel is quite simple, but it required significant investments, and the operation itself was associated with a high risk of failure, as both company engineers and leading experts have said more than once. In mid-2013, work continues to prepare for the lifting of the vessel.

On September 16 at 9 am, the operation to raise the Costa Concordia began. The length of the liner is 290 meters, the angle of roll was 70 degrees, and the water level was 20 meters. The planned operation time is ideally 12 hours. Below is a graphic plan for lifting the liner.

On September 17, after 19 hours, the operation was finally completed successfully; it was possible to bring the ship into a horizontal position. Following the results of the operation, Franco Porselaki, vice president of ARNIVAL CORPORATION, reported that everything went perfectly, and most importantly, no harm to the environment was noticed. However, despite the fact that the ascent was completed successfully, experts do not consider it necessary to relax and remind that this is not the end. In the spring, the liner will have to be transported to the shipyard, where the Costa Concordia will be dismantled.

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia sank after hitting a reef off the island of Giglio on January 13, 2012, killing 32 passengers and crew. 613 days after the disaster, work began to raise the ship. The complex rescue operation "parbuckling" became the largest and most expensive in history: it cost $800 million and took many months to prepare. In fact, the operation took 19 hours, and after its completion, the liner assumed a vertical position to 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 rolled on its side off the coast of Isola del Giglio, January 14, 2012.

The liner Costa Concordia sank on January 13 last year off the Italian island of Giglio. The ship, which was carrying several thousand people, hit a reef because the ship's captain, 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 listed as missing. More than 4 thousand people were evacuated, among them there were casualties.

Costa Concordia became the largest passenger ship in history castaways.

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

Recorder data showed that Schettino removed the ship from 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 emergency service officer on duty and admitted his guilt: “I screwed up. Listen, I'm dying. Do not say anything to me". A few more minutes later, he called the same officer back, but already tried to shift responsibility to the junior officer: “It’s all Palombo. He told me: “Let’s swim closer, closer.” Well, I swam closer, hitting the reef with my stern. But I just wanted to please him, it’s just a disaster.”

Then the captain actually stopped taking part in controlling 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.

7. Cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino gets into a police car in Grosseto, Italy, January 14, 2012. Schettino was arrested and charged with manslaughter.

According to the prosecution, Captain Schettino brought the cruise ship Costa Concordia too close to the coast of the island of Giglio and landed the ship on a rock. If the captain is found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison. Francesco Schettino himself denies the accusations against him, claiming that the rock on which the liner ran into was not present nautical charts. During the hearing, the captain's defense once again offered the court a plea deal in which Schettino would agree to a three-year prison sentence if the court ruled that he was only partially responsible for the tragedy. According to forecasts, the captain's fate 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 Costa Concordia liner.

According to numerous evidence, 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, 15 minutes after the collision announced that the ship simply had minor problems with the generator. Half an hour later, the passengers were already standing near the boats, still covered, and the captain again reported problems with the generator. Only closer to 11 o'clock, when the list reached 30 degrees, seven short and one long beeps were heard, meaning that the passengers had to leave the ship. Panic and stampede began. 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 were never launched, apparently due to too much list), were removed with the help of helicopters, when they clung to the handrails of the liner that had fallen on board. 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. Residents of the island provided assistance to the shipwrecked people, bringing them food, drink, warm clothes, and placing them in a local church, school and other buildings.

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

11. A diver inspects the hull of the ship.

12. Divers inside the Costa Concordia liner.

Valuables with a total value of more than €10 million were found on board the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which was raised from the reefs. Money and jewelry that the passengers of the sinking liner did not have time to take with them in a hurry were kept in a bank and jewelry boutiques located on board the ship, as well as in lockers in passenger cabins.

13. The wreckage of the liner under water.

14. A diver inspects the ship.

15. Divers are working inside the liner.

There were about six thousand works of art on board the sunken liner. The most valuable of these is the rare collection of Japanese prints of the 18th-19th centuries, in particular the works of Katsushika Hokusai. The ship also had 19th-century Bohemian glass and other antiques decorating the interior, jewelry from the ship's jewelry stores, and numerous valuables that were left behind by passengers leaving the ship. In this regard, fears were expressed that these valuables could become the prey of “treasure hunters”

16. Inside the Costa Concordia liner.

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

On January 16, an oily liquid began to leak from the vessel. It was not yet flammable, as employees of the Italian Ministry claimed environment, but if the ship slipped off the rocks and broke, then two thousand three hundred tons of fuel could end up in the sea. Therefore, we pumped out the fuel.

18. Costa Concordia off the coast of Giglio.

19. Relatives of shipwreck victims touch a memorial plaque with the names of the 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 Costa Concordia liner, January 25, 2012.

22. Workers use massive steel tanks to return the Costa Concordia liner to an upright 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 Costa Concordia liner, July 15, 2013. The hull of the airliner was compressed by 3 meters under its own weight.

If the airliner did capsize, 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 Costa Concordia liner, September 15, 2013. The parbuckling rescue operation is designed to lift the airliner using a series of cables and hydraulic machines.

By mid-2013, the liner was still lying on board off the coast, attracting many tourists. Work was underway to prepare it for lifting: divers were building a platform on the shore side, and large square counterweight tanks were suspended on the opposite side, which, after filling with water, were supposed to put the ship on the keel.30. The beginning of the final stage of the operation to raise the Costa Concordia liner, September 16, 2013.33. On September 16, 2013, at 9:00 am, the operation to raise the vessel began. In the photo taken on this day: The Costa Concordia liner is in a vertical state for the first time since January 2012.36. Starboard side of Costa Concordia, September 17, 2013.

37. The Costa Concordia liner is in an upright position after a rescue operation, September 17, 2013.

The 19-hour operation to raise the vessel is over. The vessel was brought into a vertical position using rollers and 36 steel cables and a special platform built at a depth of 30 m.

38. The Costa Concordia liner returned to its upright position after a large-scale operation to the applause and joyful cries of local residents, September 17, 2013.

In an upright position, Concordia will remain in front of the island of Giglio until at least spring, when the ship will be towed to one of the nearest ports. Raising the vessel cost 600 million US dollars.

On the night of January 14, 2012 in the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Giglio, off the coast of the Italian region of Tuscany. There were more than 4.2 thousand passengers and crew members on board the ship. The crash killed 32 people and injured more than 100.

A giant liner 290 meters long with 17 decks, which housed 1.5 thousand cabins, a two-level fitness area with an area of ​​more than two thousand square meters, concert hall, a 4D cinema, art gallery and small library, as well as a casino, boutiques, restaurants and bars, left the port of Civitavecchia near Rome on January 13, 2012 for a cruise on Mediterranean Sea and headed to Savona. A few hours after departure, while passengers were having dinner in restaurants, the Costa Concordia ran into a rocky ledge, resulting in a hole on the left side, the length of which was about 70 meters.

Gradually the ship began to sink into the water. Then the airliner is a kilometer north of the scene.

Crew members led by captain Francesco Schettino tell passengers what happened. Panic began on board.
The evacuation of people from the liner continued throughout the night. It was attended by coast guard vessels and lifeboats, and a helicopter was also involved. The salvation of people was that many were trapped in the cabins of the liner, and several people fell overboard when the ship ran aground.

There were 111 Russian citizens on the liner. Among the ship's surviving passengers were 450 French citizens.
It was initially reported that three people died as a result of the plane crash, but this figure increased every day. The progress of the search and rescue operation due to deteriorating weather conditions, ship movements and increasing danger for rescuers. In April 2012, 30 people were officially killed, two more - an Italian woman and an Indian citizen - were listed as missing. The remains of passenger Maria Grazia Trecarica were found inside the ship. The body of another missing person, steward Russell Rebello, an Indian citizen, was found in one of the cabins of the Costa Concordia only.

Since the crash of the Costa Concordia, it has been fueled by the coast of the island of Giulio, located next to the accident site. The area around this island is home to a number of species of rare fish and marine animals. In March 2012, divers from the sunken Italian liner.

According to media reports, there were operators on the sunken Costa Concordia liner who plundered the sunken part of the ship. The first thing stolen from the Costa Concordia was the ship's bell. Rynda, who weighed several tens of kilograms, was abducted by unknown persons on March 15, 2012 from a depth of about eight meters. In addition, marauding scuba divers stole jewelry and watches, which remained in the ship’s shop windows. Paintings, wall clocks and some furniture were also missing from the ship.

In the fall of 2013, the ship, which had been lying aground on its side for more than a year, was installed vertically. Several months later in the depths of its hull during underwater work.

In 2014, 19 special containers were attached to the liner, from which water was then pumped out to raise the ship above sea level and level it. After the ship rose 18 meters from under the water, the cables that were used to hold it near the shore were unhooked from it. At the end of July 2014, the liner was towed to Genoa. The ship was towed. All this time, the liner was accompanied by a whole sea convoy, including, among other things, a French Navy boat and two helicopters.

After arriving at the port of Genoa, work began on dismantling the ship. In May 2015, the Costa Concordia was towed to the old port of Genoa, and five tugboats sent what was left of cruise ship, towards the fourth dock for final dismantling.

On the Italian island of Giglio in October 2014, a monument was erected dedicated to the memory of the victims of the disaster of January 13, 2012 and the courage of local residents. The memorial "" was created by the architect Giampaolo Talani. The work was donated to the island by Neri from Livorno (Italy) and Smit from Rotterdam (Netherlands).

Immediately after the tragedy, the prosecutor's office of the Italian city of Grosseto, conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the crash of the Costa Concordia, charged the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, with charges of manslaughter, shipwreck and leaving the ship in danger. Representatives of the ship-owning company stated that Schettino would deviate from the intended course. The captain gave the command to come as close as possible to the island of Giglio in order to please the ship's chief steward, a native of those places.

After experts took readings from the liner’s black box, it became clear that the evacuation of passengers from the cruise ship Costa Concordia in distress had begun. The captain of the liner did not send a distress signal (the coast guard itself contacted the ship in distress), which delayed the start of the rescue operation; he was also responsible for maneuvering, managing the current emergency situation and evacuating the ship. After the crash, Schettino left the sinking liner.

On January 17, 2012, an Italian court decided to place the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, under house arrest, but on July 5, 2012, he was released from house arrest on the condition that he could not leave the city of Meta di Sorrento in the province of Naples, where his home is located.

For his part, Schettino decided to sue the shipowner Costa Crociere, which fired him in July 2012, demanding his reinstatement. The trial for his dismissal began in the Italian town of Torre Annunziana in the province of Naples. Schettino considered that he was fired unfairly, despite the fact that the reason for the dismissal was not only an internal disciplinary investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy, but also violations of his employment contract and the Maritime Code, witnessed by passengers of the liner, for example, drinking alcohol an hour before the tragedy.

In the summer of 2013, the Italian Ministry of Transport captain Francesco Schettino.

The trial of the former captain of the Costa Concordia has begun. Initially, in addition to Schettino, there were five more people in the dock: chief mate Ciro Ambrosio, ship officer Silvia Coronica, helmsman Jacob Rusli Bean, director of the onboard hotel Manrico Giampedroni and coordinator of the crisis center of the ship-owner Costa Crociere Roberto Ferrarini. However, as part of the preliminary hearings, they entered into an agreement with the investigation to admit their guilt in exchange for a reduced sentence.

A court in Italy has convicted five employees of Costa Crociere, owner of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, of manslaughter. Ferrarini was sentenced to two years and ten months, Giampedroni received two and a half years, the other defendants, except Schettino, received from a year and eight months to a year and 11 months in prison.

The company operating the ship, Costa Crociere, was awarded a million euros for mistakes and violations of rules committed by company employees during the accident.

On February 11, 2015, the court of first instance of the Italian city of Grosseto sentenced Francesco Schettino to 16 years and one month in prison. The ex-captain was also banned for life from holding any public office, and he will not be able to work in his profession for five years. The verdict was confirmed on May 31, 2016 by the Florence Court of Appeal.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

The Italian company was wrecked off the coast of Italy. Although the incident did not become the largest disaster at sea in terms of the number of victims, the very fact that a new ship, a multi-deck liner equipped with all the necessary equipment, sank in a matter of hours near the shore was a strong blow to the cruise industry. But the saddest thing was that what happened was not the result of a coincidence or the influence of unfavorable factors, but was caused solely by the human factor.

The Costa Concordia liner was built at the Italian shipyard Fincantieri in the city of Genoa. The keel of the vessel took place on January 19, 2004, and the vessel set out on its first voyage on July 14, 2006. The ship was built by order of Costa Crociere (Costa Cruises), part of the cruise corporation Carnival Corporation & plc.

The liner had 17 decks. The ship's passenger capacity was 3,780 people, with a crew of 1,100 people. The liner belonged to the Concordia class and ships of the same type were Costa Serena (2007), Carnival Splendor (2008), Costa Pacifica (2009), Costa Favolosa (2011), Costa Fascinosa (2012). The differences between ships of this class and others are in the design of the ship, the expanded wellness area and spa area.

On the evening of January 13, Costa Concordia left Civitavecchia (a port located near Rome) on a Mediterranean cruise bound for Savona. At the time of the crash, which occurred in the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Giglio, off the coast of the Italian region of Tuscany, there were 4,252 people on board the liner: 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew members.

The crew members, led by captain Francesco Schettino, did not immediately inform passengers about what had happened. Panic began on board. The evacuation of people from the liner continued throughout the night. It involved coast guard vessels and lifeboats, and a helicopter was also involved. The rescue of people was complicated by the fact that many were trapped in the cabins of the liner, and several people fell overboard when the ship ran aground. As a result of the tragedy, 32 people died. On January 14, the ship almost completely sank.

The investigation into the disaster did not take much time, but its results were no less shocking than the death of the cruise ship. “Two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity; and I am not sure of the infinity of the Universe”: this expression from Einstein best describes what happened.

Responsibility for the sinking of the ship was assigned to the ex-captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, who was one of the first to leave the sinking ship. During the judicial investigation, he admitted that the cause of the crash was the unauthorized deviation of the ship from its course. The reasons why he allowed the route change were given as .

“I approached Giglio in order to please a crew member, Antonello Tievoli, who is from the island. And also to welcome the former captain of Costa Concordia, Mario Palombo, also a native of this area,” said Schettino.

In 2013-2014, the vessel was raised, after which it was transported to Genoa on a floating dock for subsequent disposal.

In the fall of 2014, the authorities of the Italian region of Tuscany, off the coast of which the Costa Concordia liner crashed, said that the region had suffered serious damage and estimated it at . And to the remains of the ship’s hull, located in the port of Genoa, there were. At the same time, the cost of the rescue operation, as well as the lifting and towing of the vessel, cost more than €1.2 billion.

By the fall of 2016, the Costa Concordia was completely scrapped.

And two years ago, in February 2015, the fate of Francesco Schettino was put to rest. And although the prosecutor’s office, which proposed to sentence the ex-captain of Costa Concordia to 2,697 years, softened the requirements to a quarter of a century in prison, in the end the ex-captain of Costa Concordia received only