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Makes one wonder about the calibre of Italian Captains and Princess has many.   :(

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They had an hour program on the Discovery channel or NATGEO channel the other night a which was supposed to be about the removal of the ship. It turned into another program mostly about the incident with the last 10 minutes dedicated to how they're going to turn the ship & float it to away.
Good thing I recorded it & could skip past the old stuff.  ;)

The ship is going to be cut up for scrap, after she is towed somewhere suitable, once they retrieve it ! :o

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I heard that Schettino is writing a book on the incident.  Who would buy it? Because who would believe his story? ???

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And the Captains Fairytales continue. ::)

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Maybe Capitano Schettini could be employed by Princess as a junior waiter, no, make it a dishwasher.

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One wonders what Capitano Schettini's fate will be when this is all over.   One would think he would be charged with Mansalughter if he has not been already.   It will be then up to the Italian Justice system.   I have not been following this issue very closely.  All a bit drawn out.  Ship still there, enquiry drags on etc. ::)

Costa has certainly 'shuffled the pack' with its replacement executives, no doubt all organised by 'Mother Carnival.' ???

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"THE captain of disaster cruise liner the Costa Concordia returns to sea — as he sails a boat with a pal.

Francesco Schettino wore swimming trunks as he took to the waves near his home in Sorrento, Italy.

His pal steered the boat for a while — then handed over to the 52-year-old who was at the controls when the Concordia hit a reef off Italy in January."

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4465174/Costa-Concordia-captain-Francesco-Schettino-sails-again.html




Now just where is Schettino's dancing lady friend on that motor boat? ::)l

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Best Fairy Story I have heard in a while.  He should quit the cruise ships and write kiddies stories. ::) ;D

As for the 'Divine Hand' No comment, I am a Catholic too. :-[

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Good point RichC. But I wonder in which language was the muster point information on cabin door?  A lot of diferent nationalities were on board Costa Concordia that night. :o

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Documentary on Concordia disaster airs on Australian TV, tonight Sunday.  It is a British production based on pax camera phone footage taken during all stages of the incident.   Has it been shown on US TV yet?

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Oh dear, I reckon the Capitanos wife is not happy. ::)

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"In the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 13 Costa Concordia shipwreck in Italy, bookings for future cruises plunged, parent company Carnival Corp. said in a regulatory filing Monday."

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/30/2616368/carnival-bookings-dropped-fleetwide.html

Thanks Mike, bookings dropped across Carnival Corp ? or just their Costa brand?

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Maybe the Priest got one of those 'free cruises' given to clergy, to say Mass on the ship.  One will never know.
Good luck to them. Don't we all go on cruises as a retreat of some sort?
The recently retired Dean of Brisbane blessed our marriage on our 25th wedding Anniversary on the Pacific Princess a few years ago. My wife overheard him offering to hold a service on the Sunday whilst she was waiting at the reception desk and asked him if he would bless our marriage. He did not hesitate and performed a lovely service in his full regalia, that he just happened to have with him. This took place at the bottom of the grand staircase with our new Aussie friends, who we met on board, as witnesses. He did not ask for any reward but we gave him a bottle of a fine N.Z. Pinot Noir that we took on  board, at his dinner table. I would say that he paid for his own passage, or his parishioners gave it to him as a retirement gift, but regardless he was still doing the Lord's work. God bless him. We are coming up to our 33rd anniversary in March and are still best cruise mates.     

BAGLAD, not being critical, good luck to him.

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"Erika Fani Soriamolina's body was found by divers on the sixth deck of the vessel wearing the ship's uniform but no life jacket.

Witnesses said Soriamolina had helped dozens of terrified passengers into lifeboats on the night of the disaster before giving the life jacket to an elderly man.


A tourism graduate, Soriamolina was working on only her third cruise on the Costa Concordia."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9047494/Costa-Concordia-victim-died-after-she-gave-life-jacket-to-elderly-man.html



RIP Erika, a heroine you were.

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Maybe the Priest got one of those 'free cruises' given to clergy, to say Mass on the ship.  One will never know.

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