Costa Concordia has to be evacuated off the coast of Italy

January 14, 2012 4 Comments

Costa Concordia runs aground

Costa Concordia Incident PhotoI’m currently following the Costa Concordia incident live on Twitter.   The Costa Concordia ran into trouble near the island of Giglio, off the Tuscan Coast.   They have evacuated 4,000+ passengers and crew lifeboats, boats, & a helicopter.  As of now, it sounds like the Costa Concordia is not in danger of sinking although it is listing 20 degrees.  [update 11pm ET] new photos coming through look like the Costa Concordia is in danger of sinking.  Follow @CruiseSource for updates on status of the Concordia.  

[update 4:40 AM ET] Costa Concordia lays completely on her side off the shores of Giglio.  Click here ->   Concordia photos and videos after daybreak.

 

6 People have been reported dead by the Italian Coast Guard according to the Examiner.

I’m going to share the best links to news stories covering the incident as well as the video below.

Get real time updates on the incident via the links below:

Click to follow: @CostaCruises  @CruiseSource  #Costa

Photo of Concordia Tweet

Costa Concordia News Updates:

Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086527/Cost-Concordia-Massive-evacuation-underway-cruise-ship-starts-sinking-Italian-coast.html#comments

USA TODAY

http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2012/01/costa-cruise-ship-aground-italy/603174/1?csp=34travel

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Photo from Twitter [possibly photoshopped]:

Click to enlarge Costa Concordia Pic

 

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4 Responses to “Costa Concordia has to be evacuated off the coast of Italy”

  1. Rich Tucker Reply January 14, 2012 at 3:36 am

    BBC is reporting 6 dead in the Costa Concordia Incident: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16558910

  2. angie Reply January 14, 2012 at 6:21 am

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4061067/Fears-for-Brits-on-stricken-cruise-ship-the-Costa-Concordia.html

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