Friday, January 20, 2012


Officials hope to stabilize Italy shipwreck Costa Concordia, because deteriorating weather today could make it slide further down in the ocean, causing delays plan to pump oil from the ship to prevent disaster on the environment.

Costa Concordia shipwreck risk sinking into the sea and causing environmental disaster in the region. (Photo: Reuters)
According to Reuters , 6 days after the ship weighs 114,500 tons capsized off the Tuscan coast, hoping to find survivors almost disappeared, while the cold waters around the ship that divers team work harder more challenging. Attention is now focused on how to move 2,300 tons of fuel from the ship, while the bad weather that threatened the ship slid off the cliff ledge which it is located.
Italy's Environment Minister Corrado Clini team has urged ship operators take all measures possible to anchor the vessel and prevent it from sliding deeper into the sea. "If the ship slid down, we hope it does not break into pieces and the fuel tanks do not leak," he said Clini.
Clini said the danger of the ship will sink to a depth of 50m to 90m below the sea, causing a major threat to the environment in one of the largest natural marine park in Europe.
Meanwhile, 11 people have been confirmed killed in the more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board. In addition, 24 others still missing. Yesterday, the team used explosives divers and create a hole in the shipwreck, so that they can continue to look for bodies in the vessel. However, to date they have not found any more bodies. "It is important that the search continues and that the effect of comfort for the relatives of missing persons. We understand this, "said a search team member said.
The company operating the ship has fired the captain Francesco Schettino, because he allegedly caused the accident. Experts said the loss of the ship Costa Concordia can make an insurance claim for the largest maritime history.
Yesterday, Italian media broadcast a tape is described as conversations between officials of the force and coast guard station commander Captain of the ship Concordia. Accordingly, it seems that people on the train told authorities that they only lost power for more than 30 minutes after the ship hit the reef.
Media attention also to this country a woman is Moldova sailors aboard. This person is said to have on deck but does not work, when tragedy occurs. Some reports say that someone saw her at the command post with Captain Schettino.
In an interview with a TV station Moldova, she Dominica Cemortan (25) praised the action handle "special" Schettino's captain in the accident. The company operating the ship, said the woman on board a normal day 13 / 1 in Civitavecchia and has been duly registered.
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