cruise ship crash costa-concordia in Italy, frizztext comment: It’s like another Titanic insanity or – metaphorical – the tower of Babylon tumbled into the sea: to much mass luxury! I prefer little boats, not such a crowded mass – it’s absurd (for my opinion) to carry 4,000 of the rich and bored people around …
title=”Blue boat” photo by agedsenator / Vittorio Pandolfi, click on the image to enter his photo collection
related:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/14/costa-concordia-captain-and-crew-member-held_n_1206431.html?ref=mostpopular
+
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/16/costa-concordia-sixth-body-found_n_1208248.html?ref=uk
+
+
Image via Wikipedia
Related articles
- Like a scene from Titanic: Deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship… (shortformblog.tumblr.com)
- Costa Concordia – A Tragedy in Pictures (chronowerx.wordpress.com)
- Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia: L.A. women describe escape (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
- Glamorous troupe of British dancers was onboard sinking cruise ship Costa Concordia (mirror.co.uk)
- Cursed Concordia ‘born bad, ended up worse’ (smh.com.au)
- breakingnews: About 4,000 people were on board a cruise ship… (shortformblog.tumblr.com)
- Night of chaos, fear after Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground (cbsnews.com)
- Supermodel and the curse (theage.com.au)
- Video: Amateur video: Shocked Costa Concordia passengers escape sinking liner (windsorstar.com)
- New search for missing Costa Concordia cruise passengers (independent.co.uk)
- Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino: Facebook anger at ‘Italy’s most hated man’ (dailymail.co.uk)
- Brit dancer Joe Stribley tells of fleeing Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster (thesun.co.uk)
- Costa Concordia captain carried out unapproved manoeuvre, company boss says, as weather halts wreck search (news.nationalpost.com)
- The coverage of the Costa Concordia tragedy is being tainted by snobbish aversion to the cruise-liner industry (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
- Cruiseship COSTA CONCORDIA Sinks (gcaptain.com)
- Cruise disaster: Concordia captain’s route change blamed for disaster (telegraph.co.uk)
- 29 People Still Missing from Costa Concordia (onebluestocking.wordpress.com)
- Cruise tragedy conjures memories of doomed Titanic (mysanantonio.com)
- YEAH RIGHT! – The Captain of the Costa Concordia says he fell into a lifeboat (theleagueofaggressiveprogressives.wordpress.com)
- The Costa Concordia disaster: Men without chests. (lifeondoverbeach.wordpress.com)
- The Titanic Effect (lewrockwell.com)
- The Costa Concordia tragedy: A Modern-Day Titanic? (slapioneer.wordpress.com)
- Incredible tales surface from Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster (news.nationalpost.com)
- Italy:Costa Concordia rescue effort resumes (laaska.wordpress.com)
- Italy:Costa Concordia search suspended (laaska.wordpress.com)
- Coward, I Meant Captain of the Costa Concordia Didn’t Really Abandon Ship; He Tripped Into Lifeboat (pumabydesign001.com)
- How low can you go? (eclayre89.wordpress.com)
- Costa Concordia: Search resumes for ship survivors (direcmood.wordpress.com)
- Costa Concordia disaster: Cruise firm faces US lawsuit (direcmood.wordpress.com)
- COSTA CONCORDIA: Safety foundation questions Costa Cruises’ treatment of master (safewaters.wordpress.com)
Flickr Comments 
I agree. That little Blue Boat looks a lot more manageable, you know?
LikeLike
http://eclayre89.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/in-memoriam-costa-concordia/
LikeLike
This is a very sad event… RIP and condolences to the families… 😦
LikeLike
dear ElizOF, successful agitator for positive motivation,
sometimes we discover Choice, Chance, Karma or Destiny
– and sometimes idiocy:
it’s not always fate but often ignorance, stupid grabbing of luxury etc.
LikeLike
I agree, crowded mass is absurd [no matter rich or poor]. But then it’s a world gone very very wrong!
LikeLike
Well said. Prayers to those affected. I agree with your opinion of cruise ships. For all the travel I have done, a cruise ship vacation is not one of them. And unlikely anytime in the near future.
LikeLike
I also agree, humble and simple are better.
LikeLike
So true, 4000+ on board, it’s obviously going to be a nightmare if anything goes wrong. I’ve never been keen on boats personally, water’s OK as long as it’s no deeper than I can stand up in.
LikeLike
The island of the lily …
is near to me …
A tragedy that could have been avoided.
I see he is doing around the world this bad news.
vento
LikeLike
Thanks, my friend ……
in the name of all Italians….
LikeLike
I’m with you. Such a horrible tragedy. Can’t imagine being in that situation. Margie
LikeLike
What a horrible thing to happen.
LikeLike
thanks for sharing the video Frizztext!!
peace
xandi
LikeLike
It’s a tragic thing to have happened.
I really don’t like those ships, I saw one arrive in Kusadasi and it totally dominated the harbour and then 4000 people got off, swooped on Ephesus spoiling it by making it too crowded and then disappeared 6 hours later. What sort of experience do they have?
LikeLike
you wrote: totally dominated the harbour and then 4000 people got off, swooped on Ephesus spoiling it by making it too crowded and then disappeared 6 hours later. What sort of experience do they have?
+
frizz: yes, we had the same experience on the Greek island Santorini. All 4,000 are forced to do the same, entering the same little shops – absurd – everywhere long lines of waiting people; after a while, the town was empty again; I loved strolling through the town 5 a.m. – good photo light and not a single soul on the streets …
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/weekly-photo-challenge-peaceful/
P.S.:
though the title of the wordpress weekly photo challenge was “PEACEFUL” – on the ground of the Santorini Bay rests another sunken cruise ship, the SEA DIAMOND – no one seems to remember …
LikeLike
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,809265,00.html#ref=nlint
“… The captain, Francesco Schettino, was arrested on Saturday. He is accused of manslaughter…”
+
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-77393.html#ref=nlint
20 photos, below, one night shot, like a modern Titanic remembering:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-77393-14.html
+
LikeLike
Love the photo. Vivid colors.
LikeLike
Stunning simplicity in the little blue boat and such a tragedy with the cruise ship. I loathe the idea of holiday cruises but for some reason I would happily book passage on a merchant ship for the experience of sailing the oceans.
LikeLike
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/16/costa-concordia-cruise-disaster_n_1208773.html?ncid=webmail4
+
LikeLike
Such a tragedy…
LikeLike
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,809592,00.html#ref=nlint
LikeLike
I was very shocked to hear about the cruise ship sinking. It is like something out of Titanic. Another reason I will never go on a cruise. I am finding it hard to believe the Captain and the fact that he was one of the first ones to safety really angers me. I pray for all the families that are morning at this time
LikeLike
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/costa-concordia-cruise-ship-audio-francesco-schettino_n_1210920.html?ncid=webmail4
LikeLike
.. what a terrible story.
the information we receive is of a man irresponsible, insecure.
but no one has realized how inappropriate it was that man?
Each day we add more and more incredible details.
My god, how sad …. a disaster that could have been prevented.
vento
LikeLike
dear semprevento,
the snobbish captain Schettino has many reasons to feel blue now –
and what about his girl friend from Moldawia by his side in the moment of crash – though she is not to find in the list of passengers and crew …
+
http://fandaily.info/slider/domnica-cemortan-_woman-with-capt-schettino-before-costa-condordia-accident/
+
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9024768/Costa-Concordia-investigators-probe-role-of-young-Moldovan-woman-on-cruise-ship.html
+
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4073398/Blonde-Domnica-Cemortan-on-Costa-Concordia-bridge-with-skipper-Francesco-Schettino.html
+
http://www.tobetravelagent.com/passenger-domnica-cemortan-from-moldova-francesco-schettino/
+
LikeLike
the blond woman domnica cemortan related to captain Schettino
http://fandaily.info/slider/domnica-cemortan-_woman-with-capt-schettino-before-costa-condordia-accident/
LikeLike
this is shameful!
I sincerely hope that truth and justice prevail.
In Italy the national news, just about this unnecessary tragedy.
dense plots are delineated.
LikeLike
an Italian macho story? female persons maybe would lead a ship with more responsibility? in Germany the chancellor is female, in Brazil too – in Italy never?
LikeLike
Pingback: I Hope That I Would Be A Better Person Than That – Cruise Ship Revelations « What about God?
Cruise ships like the Costa Concordia always look top heavy. I would never want to be on one in the middle of the ocean in stormy weather. Now, it seems they are even more dangerous when close to the shore. It’s so tragic that lives were lost though.
LikeLike
media in Italy (and Switzerland, view link below) are reporting, the captain said to the police that the young lady Domnica Cemortan’s laughter gave an irritation while working at the ship’s wheel …
http://www.20min.ch/news/zuerich/story/Lenkte-sie-den-Kapitaen-ab–13399240
LikeLike
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2104574,00.html?xid=newsletter-europe-weekly
LikeLike
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,810761,00.html#ref=nlint
LikeLike
compare this peaceful situation with enough distance to the shore
LikeLike
I wonder if Silvio Berlusconi could have had the same problems, if he had to be a cruise ship captain on the one hand, and on the other hand a bunga-bunga organizer; maybe a captain has to much different things to manage? with serenity plan a ship’s route vs. giving a big party feeling to all the guests?
LikeLike
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/26/costa-concordia-cruise-liner-pictures-lifeboast_n_1233035.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=012612&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeaturePhoto&utm_term=Daily%20Brief
LikeLike
http://direcmood.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/costa-concordia-company-offers-passengers-compensation/
LikeLike
LikeLike