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Costa Concordia (call sign: IBHD, IMO number: 9320544, MMSI number: 247158500), with 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members on board, [1] was sailing off Isola del Giglio on the night of 13 January 2012, having begun a planned seven-day cruise from Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy, to Savona and five other ports. [2]
All 571 passengers and crew members were saved by the time the ship sank nose-first into the sea. The Titanic isn't the only cruise disaster. From norovirus outbreaks to rough seas, here are the worst cruise ship disasters ever.
Major cruise disasters are extremely rare. Most cruises go off without a hitch, and even when something does go wrong, it’s mostly something minor. But throughout history, there have been some disasters involving cruise ships, and in this guide, we’ll look at the worst ones to have ever occurred.
The avoidable disaster killed 32 people and seriously injured many others, and left investigators wondering: Why was the luxury cruise ship sailing so close to the shore in the first place?
Costa Concordia disaster, the capsizing of an Italian cruise ship on January 13, 2012, after it struck rocks off the coast of Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. More than 4,200 people were rescued, though 32 people died.
The Disney Treasure responded, saying it was 80 miles from Serenity, before it headed to the catamaran and arrived between 1 and 1:45 p.m., the Coast Guard said.. A lifeboat from the cruise ship ...
How the Wreck of a Cruise Liner Changed an Italian Island. Ten years ago the Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people and entwining the lives of others ...
Italy on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, is marking the 10th anniversary of the Concordia disaster with a daylong commemoration, honoring the 32 people who died but also the extraordinary response by the residents of Giglio who took in the 4,200 passengers and crew from the ship on that rainy Friday night and then lived with the Concordia carcass for ...
The cruise ship received a call of a vessel in distress around 11:40 a.m. and arrived at the vessel around 1 p.m., a Disney Cruise spokesperson told CNN. The ship launched a lifeboat and rescued ...
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Fog horns wailed and church bells tolled Thursday as Italy honored the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the 10th anniversary of the disaster, with a commemoration that recalled the moment the cruise ship struck a reef and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio.