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Friday, January 20, 2012

CRUISE DIFFERENT - Costa Concordia passengers told to 'go back to cabins' after cruise ship hit rocks


Amazing satellite photo.

Costa Concordia passengers told to 'go back to cabins' after cruise ship hit rocks | Mail Online
20th January 2012 By NICK PISA

  • Crew member's plea came as luxury liner was fatally holed
  • Ship's cook claims captain ordered food nearly an hour after striking rocks
  • Moldovan ballerina 'cavorting' with Schettino on bridge defends captain
  • Investigators probe owner's role in 68-minute delay of abandoning ship
  • Search suspended as ship slipped slightly from its rocky resting place
  • Fears rose again that it could soon plummet 100m to bottom of sea
  • 11 confirmed dead, 21 still missing


Dramatic footage of a Costa Concordia crew member telling passengers to 'Go back to your cabins' has emerged.

The plea came despite the luxury liner being fatally holed and underlines the chaotic situation in the moments after the ship struck rocks.

Holidaymakers wearing red life jackets can be seen milling on the deck of the Concordia in the mobile phone footage which was posted on Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera's website.

Emergence of the footage came as a cook from the ship said Captain Francesco Schettino had ordered dinner at 10.30pm - nearly an hour after the liner struck rocks at 9.41pm.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089339/Costa-Concordia-passengers-told-to-cabins-cruise-ship-hit-rocks.html#ixzz1k2Tb6vbo
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