2011 Italy Cruise Ship Accident

At least four people were injured when a cruise liner crashed into a port in the Italian city of Venice on Sunday.

2011 italy cruise ship accident. The cruise ship smashed into a dock located on the Giudecca canal in Venice this morning. The disaster was reported by media houses worldwide. But the helmsman did not follow my orders correctly Schettino told a court in Grosseto where the trial against him for manslaughter and abandoning ship resumed after a summer recess.

On 13 January 2012 at 2145 Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. I wanted to slow the ship down. By James Mackenzie GIGLIO Italy Reuters - The Costa Concordia was pulled upright off the Italian island of Giglio on Tuesday in a tense salvage operation that revealed the damage to a once gleaming cruise liner that had lain on its side for 20 months after capsizing killing 32 people.

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. Francesco Schettino were charged with various crimes. Eyewitnesses have described scenes of chaos on board the Italian cruise ship the Costa Concordia which has run aground off Italy killing at least five people.

Photos of the Costa Concordia accident can be found on the stock photo sites Getty Images Shutterstock and Alamy. Captain of crashed cruise ship heads to court as 29 remain missing. On January 13 2012 the cruise ship Costa Concordia a 114500-ton vessel valued at 450 million USD struck a rock and capsized off the coast of the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio Italy.

No injuries have been reported in relation to the accident. 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 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. MSC Cruises brand new Grandiosa ship crashed into a pier as it attempted to dock in Palermo Sicily around 830 am.

Brown mud covered what had been the submerged side of the ship now gashed and crumpled under the vessel. On a larger scale a cruise ship crashed into a dock in Venice Italy around the same time. People started to panic.