 Costa Concordia upright after salvage operation off Italy coast Engineers have declared the crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship completely upright after a 19-hour operation to pull it from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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2013-09-16 21:39:10
Pretty amazing bit of engineering! Good on the Italians for orchestrating this! Much of the rest of the world would've just blown the thing to pieces and made a mess.
Yes. They are famous for their feats of gallant seamanship (snicker).
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/after ... pe-matapan
Bravo for an excellent job.
Italians over the centuries have had some very impressive engineering feats,n ot mention art. This is the of Leonardo De Vinci and Michelangelo. What they have done here is very consistent with their history.
Bravo for an excellent job.
The engineer that directed that salvage effort is from Oz.
Italians over the centuries have had some very impressive engineering feats,n ot mention art. This is the of Leonardo De Vinci and Michelangelo. What they have done here is very consistent with their history.
Bravo for an excellent job.
The engineer that directed that salvage effort is from Oz.
The Wizard, or one of the Witches?
Impressive sight seeing the ship being turned upright.
Yes it was quite something. Too bad they finished it at night (our time) I wanted to watch it live. The time lapse picture are very good though.
I guess I'm saying not to snark too hard at these guys because the way the world works you may end up needing their expertise someday.
I know there's an impulse to snark at the Italians but in this case they really have pulled off something amazing and they really do deserve credit for doing something awesome. And the techniques they've developed with this situation may well be of benefit with another similar situation.
I guess I'm saying not to snark too hard at these guys because the way the world works you may end up needing their expertise someday.
In summer 1939, German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop told Winston Churchill, “If there’s war, the Italians will fight on Germany’s side.” Churchill replied, “That’s fair; we had them last time.”