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Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
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http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2012/01/costa-cruise-ship-aground-italy/603174/1
"The coast guard official, speaking from the port captain's office in the Tuscan port of Livorno, said the vessel "hit an obstacle" — it wasn't clear if it might have hit a rocky reef in the waters off Giglio — "ripping a gash 50 meters (165 feet) across" on the left side of the ship, and started taking on water.
The cruise liner's captain, Paolillo said, then tried to steer his ship toward shallow waters, near Giglio's small port, to make evacuation by lifeboat easier.
But after the ship started listing badly onto its right side, lifeboat evacuation was no longer feasible, Paolillo said."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57359134/ship-aground-off-italy-bodies-found/
Host Mike:
"The ship was three-quarters under water and sinking fast, a Giglio hotel clerk told NBC News."
http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/13/10152446-cruise-ship-runs-aground-off-italy-deaths-reported
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