10 years ago, on 13 January 2012 at 21:45, the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany. 32 people died.

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  1. Costa Concordia was a cruise ship operated by Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by sister ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Line. When the 114,137-ton Costa Concordia and her sister ships entered service, they were among the largest ships built in Italy

    On 13 January 2012 at 21:45, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. This tore open a 50 m gash on the port side of her hull, which soon flooded parts of the engine room, cutting power from the engines and ship services.

    As water flooded in and the ship listed, she drifted back towards the island and grounded near shore, then rolled onto her starboard side, lying in an unsteady position on a rocky underwater ledge.

    The evacuation of Costa Concordia took over six hours, and of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 32 died. Despite the gradual sinking of the ship, its complete loss of power, and its proximity to shore in calm seas, an order to abandon ship was not issued until over an hour after the initial impact. Although international maritime law requires all passengers to be evacuated within 30 minutes of an order to abandon ship, the evacuation of Costa Concordia more than six hours.

    Francesco Schettino, the ship’s captain at that time, was subsequently found guilty of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident, and abandoning his ship. He was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

  22. Damn, already 10 years ago. I remember this so well, and I followed its raising. I was obsessed with ships in 2012 after this and with it being the 100th anniversary of Titanic. Sure doesn’t feel like a decade ago

  25. The captain was such a wuss. Also internet historian made great video about this its called “the cost of Concordia” and if you don’t know what’s this about, you should def. check it out.

  26. From the documentary:

    Passenger in a lifeboat: *”We didn’t even had dinner”*

    Other passenger: *”We neither.. “*

    (whole ship sinks in the background with people on it. )

  29. When the captain of cruise ship Costa Concordia was ask if he knew where they were heading he replied:

    Of course.

  30. “Guardi, Schettino, che lei si è salvato forse dal mare, ma io le faccio passare l’anima dei guai. Vada a bordo, cazzo!”

  33. All because the bloody moron, who should have been last to flee, decided he wanted to see his girlfriend, and when he crashed he was the first to yeet off the ship.

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