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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: January 14, 2012, 06:05:05 PM »
"The passengers described scenes of chaos and confusion on board the vessel after it struck the reef and said there seemed to be no leadership from the ship’s senior crew. Some have warned they are prepared to take legal action against the vessel’s owners.
Monique Maurek, 41, an undertaker from Holland, said: “There was no evacuation drill at any point after we set sail. Nobody had any idea where the lifeboats were or where the life jackets were kept, so when it came to having to evacuate the ship it was chaos. Most people didn’t even have any idea of what the evacuation warning sound would be.
“It was only because some of us had already been on a cruise that we recognised that seven blasts of the horn was a signal to abandon ship.”
Mrs Maurek added: “What scandalised me most was when I saw the captain spending much of the evening before we hit the rocks drinking in the bar with a beautiful woman on his arm.”(Former Costa dancer and passenger rep. Domnica Cemortan is said to be the 25 year old beautiful women on the Captain's arm.)
Takayuki Yabumoto, 52, a business consultant from Tokyo, who was sitting down to dinner when disaster struck, said: “There was an announcement saying the situation was under control. We left the restaurant and went on deck. Some women and children were crying; there was panic.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9015762/Cruise-disaster-passengers-anger-at-ship-crew.html
Italian police said he is accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. There are reports he had been drinking.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/italian-cruise-ship-captain-committed-errors-4688893
Monique Maurek, 41, an undertaker from Holland, said: “There was no evacuation drill at any point after we set sail. Nobody had any idea where the lifeboats were or where the life jackets were kept, so when it came to having to evacuate the ship it was chaos. Most people didn’t even have any idea of what the evacuation warning sound would be.
“It was only because some of us had already been on a cruise that we recognised that seven blasts of the horn was a signal to abandon ship.”
Mrs Maurek added: “What scandalised me most was when I saw the captain spending much of the evening before we hit the rocks drinking in the bar with a beautiful woman on his arm.”(Former Costa dancer and passenger rep. Domnica Cemortan is said to be the 25 year old beautiful women on the Captain's arm.)
Takayuki Yabumoto, 52, a business consultant from Tokyo, who was sitting down to dinner when disaster struck, said: “There was an announcement saying the situation was under control. We left the restaurant and went on deck. Some women and children were crying; there was panic.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9015762/Cruise-disaster-passengers-anger-at-ship-crew.html
Italian police said he is accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. There are reports he had been drinking.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/italian-cruise-ship-captain-committed-errors-4688893