2014 Cruise Ship Disaster
2014 cruise ship disaster. All told 630 passengers and 54 crewmembers came down with the stomach bug. Further the crew may draw on the experience of ordinary emergencies. It had been touted as unsinkable and set sail amongst great fanfare.
Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and sank because the captain choose an unsuitable course. The bodies of nine people were never found. Although there is a wealth of scholarly literature addressing the merchant disasters and mishap events NTSB 2014 there is a paucity of scholarly research on current cruise ship mishaps.
The ship was only days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deaths. On the night of April 14 the Titanic struck an iceberg that damaged the hull on the port side of the ship.
Technicians pass in a small boat near the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia lying aground in front of the Isola del Giglio on January 26 2012. Explorer or the Seas. Therefore greater contingency flexibility is needed in all disaster planning Quarantelli 1982.
Realistic abilities and maritime assets are needed for planning for a cruise ship disaster. Scrapping finished in July 2017. Sun 16 Feb 2014 1240 EST.
The widow of a man killed when a freak wave hit a cruise ship in the Channel has criticised the badly maintained vessel. The 6825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 27 kilometres 17 mi north of Byeongpungdo at 0858 KST 2358 UTC. In January 2014 Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas broke records for having the most people affected by norovirus on a single ship in 20 years.
