Sunday 15 January 2012

[www.keralites.net] Costa Concordia as it lies partly submerged in the water off the coast of Tuscany

 

Airlift to safety: The moment trapped crewman was finally rescued from cruise ship... TWO DAYS after it went down off Italian coast

  • Captain held on suspicion of manslaughter as three passengers die
  • 11 passengers and six crew members still missing
  • Passengers tell of 'chaos' as crew members said 'go back to your cabins'
  • Survivors leapt for their lives into the icy sea as the liner rolled onto its side
  • Boat was 'four miles off course' when it hit rocks
  • Bodies of two French passengers and a Peruvian crewman recovered
  • Liner had listed so badly 'lifeboats had difficulty being launched'
  • 37 Britons on board and have been reported safe and well.

Manrico Giampetroni is 57 and is the cabin service director. He was trapped for over 24 hours

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Mr Giampetroni is strapped to a rescue worker and airlifted from the ship

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Mr Giampetroni is hoisted into the helicopter. He has a suspected broken leg

 
 
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Rescue: The Costa Concordia is pictured this morning as rescuers in a boat co-ordinate the rescue effort during the desperate hunt for more survivors

 
 
 
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Safe: A third survivor, the ship's cabin service director, 57-year-old Manrico Giampedroni, pictured, was winched to safety and has a suspected broken leg

 
 
 

Lucky to be alive: Newlyweds from South Korea are led to safety by Italian firefighters after rescue workers found them trapped in the partly sunk ship this morning 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Screams: Rescue workers heard this South Korean man and his wife screaming and took 90 minutes to free them. The 29-year-old is pictured getting off a ferry to safety

 
 
 
 
 
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Waiting game: Hundreds of passengers in life jackets are pictured on board the Costa Concordia on Friday night as they wait to be rescued from the stricken vessel

 
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Worried: Passengers wait to be rescued from the ship. Many reported difficulties in launching the lifeboats as the ship had listed so badly

 
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Gashed open: The hull of the massive Costa Concordia was gashed open as it ran aground, killing at least eight and injuring dozens more

 
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Members of the emergency services crawl along the side of the half submerged cruise liner Costa Concordia as the search for survivors continue

 
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Efforts to reach survivors have hampered by blocked doors and staircases according to reports. Three people have been rescued including a crew member with a suspected broken leg

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Italian Coast Guard personnel recover the black box from the Costa Condordia cruise ship that ran aground off the west coast of Italy

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Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground and keeled over off the Italian coast near the island of Giglio in Tuscany, Italy, last night

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The Costa Concordia after the evacuation off the Itaiian coast had been completed. Tonight Captain Francesco Schettino was being quizzed by police

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The cruise ship that ran aground is seen off the west coast of Italy as a helicopter hovers above to try and find passengers

 
 
 
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The damage to the vessel can be seen quite clearly

 
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Lifeboats are pictured in the foreground. Among the dead was a man around age 65, who officials believe may not have been able to withstand the cold of the sea at night

 
 
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Passengers spoke of having to crawl along near vertical hallways and stairwells to escape the ship as it began to take on more and more water

 
 
 
 
 
 

A Carabinieri boat approaches the Costa Concordia as it lies partly submerged in the water off the coast of Tuscany


 

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