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Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« on: 15 September 2013, 18:30:02 »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24102054

What an engineering feat.

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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #1 on: 15 September 2013, 21:34:50 »
500million quid to raise it for it to be towed away for scrap,thats a lot of money :o
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #2 on: 15 September 2013, 21:52:33 »
What's happened to the captain?
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #3 on: 15 September 2013, 21:57:47 »
Quote from: Mr. Opti on 15 September 2013, 21:52:33
What's happened to the captain?

Awaiting trial for manslaughter among other charges
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #4 on: 15 September 2013, 22:01:45 »
Heard on the news today that he claims the only reason he ended up in a lifeboat (one of the first to leave the ship iirc ?) was that he tripped and fell into it. ::) ;D
If that's his only defence,he should be looking at a long stretch behind bars. Probably rightly so,if press reports are in any way accurate.
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #5 on: 15 September 2013, 22:02:30 »
Quote from: henryd on 15 September 2013, 21:34:50
500million quid to raise it for it to be towed away for scrap,thats a lot of money :o

It certainly is. I don't suppose it can stay where it is indefinitely though.
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #6 on: 15 September 2013, 22:25:01 »
Quote from: henryd on 15 September 2013, 21:34:50
500million quid to raise it for it to be towed away for scrap,thats a lot of money :o
It's alot of scrap, 114,000 tonnes of it, so probably £10 million in steel, plus a shipload of copper wiring...
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #7 on: 15 September 2013, 22:43:33 »
Quote from: Albitz on 15 September 2013, 22:01:45
Heard on the news today that he claims the only reason he ended up in a lifeboat (one of the first to leave the ship iirc ?) was that he tripped and fell into it. ::) ;D
If that's his only defence,he should be looking at a long stretch behind bars. Probably rightly so,if press reports are in any way accurate.
The radio transcripts sealed his fate... failing to order the evacuation until an hour after the first impact, inspite knowing that the ship was taking on water did him no favours either ::)

Should have declared an emergency as soon as propulsion failed. The reality was that one of the entertainment crew rang the police to say there was a problem. The police then rang the ship to ask wtf was going on.Captains' reply was no problem. Less than three hours later the ship was on its side...
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #8 on: 15 September 2013, 23:36:04 »
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #9 on: 16 September 2013, 09:50:31 »
Link above not working for me .. try this one ....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24104741

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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #10 on: 16 September 2013, 12:50:19 »
She is coming up slowly, and yes best video on BBC  :y
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #11 on: 16 September 2013, 14:17:27 »
There actualy sinking it (all be it upright) so they cac attach further floats to the other side before floating it.

SO even more will be under water than before they started.
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #12 on: 16 September 2013, 14:23:37 »
Perhaps I will re word what I said. "she is coming upright slowly"  :-X
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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #13 on: 16 September 2013, 14:24:29 »
Quote from: Fuse18 on 16 September 2013, 14:17:27
There actualy sinking it (all be it upright) so they cac attach further floats to the other side before floating it.

SO even more will be under water than before they started.

kind of  :-\ ..... they're pulling over from the top, adding extra weight to the top side to help pull it down & vertical

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Re: Costa Concordia salvage to start putting ship upright on Monday 16th
« Reply #14 on: 16 September 2013, 14:26:56 »
You'd have thought that they'd just need to pump the water out or pump air in to dispel the water in it they didn't want/need  :-\  :-\  :-\
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