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Italian Cruise Liner Ran Aground in the Middle of a Magic Show

Police arrest Italian captain of cruise ship that ran aground, killing 3 - CNN.com.jpg

While authorities continue to sort out the tragedy of the Costa Concordia, a 4,200 person cruise liner currently sitting at a 90 degree angel off the coast of Italy, a few details have emerged.

Including that the passengers were watching a magic show when the boat hit the rocky sea floor.

“I’m pretty much angry, and I want to know why we were so close to the coast,” said Rincon, who works as a dancer on the ship and was entertaining passengers by performing a trick inside a box with a magician when the accident occurred.

Yipes.

Posted by Editor on Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at 5:59 pm.

  • SNOW WHITE

    That is one terrifying photo. Ship sank to the left, so if it were a Mayne performance and I was standing directly stage right, it may have been worth being on the boat ;)
    #Afraidofcruisesnowunlessstagerightofmayne lol

  • HAL

    That’s not quite a 90 degree angle.

  • Glaukus

    Who selected this stupid thing to Command the ship? What this Moran Captain was doing in so shallow waters 2.5 miles of course?  Why took so long, 45 minutes, for 1000 Illiterate, ignorant, and probably mentally insane crew members, to evaluate the situation. In the Titanic case, it took the crew only 10 minutes to evaluate the situation and conclude that they have only 2 hours to sink. Why the mentally insane 1000 crewmember did not broadcast any Distress call? Why captain fled the accident scene with a lot of money? Maybe hi was a drug dealer?  Viva La Mafia. Viva Italy.

  • SNOW WHITE

    The captain said in an interview on the news that the “rocks didn’t show up on his charts”…. Surely that boat had a depth finder? Even the smallest of fishing boats have a depth finder. Wouldn’t a boat of ‘that’ size also have sonar?

  • RJS

    I am a Costa Crew member (entertainment) and I find your generalization of the crew conduct in this matter ridiculous. I take it that you were not on the ship nor have even been on a ship in distress. How illiterate / ignorant and mentally insane are you to think that all 1000 crew have access to the bridge to broadcast any kind distress call. About 20 people people onboard have access to the bridge. We have weekly drills that are taken very seriously by all the crew, however by maritime law we can not act without permission from the Master (Captain) nor would any of the general crew (on any liner)know what to do without information from the bridge.. I am not saying that the Captain was in the right or wrong but when you see the amount of different information from the media – how the hell do you know what is correct. I am still not aware of all the information and that is why i feel it is not fare to judge at this stage. Also note that the ship was not as far inland as the pictures show, if you had done any research you would know that the ship was sailed further inland to get passenger and crew to safety. Many friends of mine working aboard the ship helped save the lives of many passengers – how dare you call them mentally insane. There are also reports of the passengers not doing what was clearly stated in the emergency drill and causing the panic, this is almost impossible to control by the crew. Possible if some of the passengers would have paid more attention in the drill things would have been different. Get your facts right if you want to be an asshole, otherwise you just look like an ass.

  • Arabela

    The tragedy of Costa Concordia, if not caused by a Moran Captain, and mentally insane crew, doesn’t rule out the conspiracy theory “to wreck the ship and collect the insurance money”. A small group, of the high rank members of the crew, could be following up the orders of the liner company to wreck the ship, and to collect the insurance money. So they sailed in shallow waters near the shore, open up the hull of the ship, and induced a controlled sinking. But things went wrong. The opening in the hull was extremely large, that can sink the ship in minutes, so they in big hurry sailed to the shore, which was steep at 35-40 degree, so they have to pump with water, tanks on the side of the shore, and let the ship to lend half submerged, resting on the rocks. Other wise the ship will capsize in the opposite side of the shoreline, and the death toll could be by hundreds if not by thousands. The reason they did not dispatched a distress call, which could be done via a cell phone, was that they didn’t want professional witnesses in the process, because the instructions were to create a non-salvageable wreck. The captain left the scene in hurry, with a big amount of money, which could be the ransom that the liner paid off the conspirators. The ship crew was a victim of this conspiracy as well as the innocent passengers. Viva la Mafia. Viva Italy.

  • Saratov

    A storm at Tyrrhenian Sea, that is not unusual over there, would send the ship at the bottom of the sea. The fuel and hydraulic fluids would spill creating an ecological problem. Probably if this happens the captain and some of crewmembers, like Gilbert would feel relieved, and will try to convince us to believe that the tragedy never happens.

  • La Piovra

    The tragedy of Costa Concordia is adding another dent to the troubled European Banking System, routed from inside, by many irresponsible nations like Greece, Portugal, Italy etc, that don’t like to stay under the European Federate, ruled by the Treaty of Lisbon’s dictate. More than 500 billion Euros, wasted in Loans and Grants, didn’t help much, and now the Euro zone is in big trouble. The bulk of the money that Greece is “\getting\” comes right back to the ECB. So at least 58 % of every bailout Euro is going to Banks and Insurance companies outside of Greece. Greece is getting a bailout, but you can see why Merkozy got so scared at the rest of the EU. Whatever posturing is going on, Greece will get away without meeting any of its stated goals, or at least it will until the EU decides it has written down enough principal and that the ECB can handle the shock. At the end, the Ancient Greeks deceived EU and got away with free hundreds billions of Euros. And now the Liner Company of Costa Concordia, is trying to get away with some hundreds millions of Euros, downsizing the company and adding some badly needed liquid cash … to pay for the victims too. Viva la Mafia. Viva Italy.