Ozcruiser1

This should be quite interesting http://republicans.transportation.house.gov/Media/file/112th/CGMT/2012-02-29-Briefing_Memo.pdf

I see one major flaw with this submission..

I quote

Attachment A

Approximate Timeline of Costa Concordia Disaster

Based on Various Press Accounts

If a submissions to the house is going to be based on various press accounts one would hope that those press accounts would have to better sourced than some of the sensationalist/incorrect articles that have been shown to be very questionable or incorrect by many here on CC.

I have not seen this article linked before. I did not realize that the Heil's were seen alive on deck. I wonder what happened that prevented them from getting on a lifeboat.

 

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/963242/14/Photos-found-of-White-Bear-Lake-couple-lost-in-cruise-disaster

I was looking at some other photos in a new article in the UK daily mail

and by chance located the Heils in one of the photo in the article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086831/Costa-Concordia-cruise-ship-pictures-Trapped-survivor-Manrico-Giampedroni-airlifted-safety.htm

(That link to the UK Daily is not working now)

It too has been passed onto the TV news station to pass onto the family.

Mr Heil can be seen wearing his brown cap centre pic beyond the grey haired gentleman and Mrs Heil is seen in front of her husband, wearing glasses looking upwards .

For them to be so close to the front of the passengers preparing to board the lifeboat and then for them and others not to be able to board that lifeboat is just so tragic.

It has been suggested by others that the number 6 seen in red would indicate that this lifeboat was on the port side (high side of the listing ship) and was thus unable to be lowered due to the list.

I have posted the link to the photo rather than post the actual photo here out of respect to their family.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/15/article-2086831-0F7834AE00000578-619_964x623.jpg

The issue of life boats being unable to be lowered on a listing ship is one of the manny issues that MUST be addressed by the cruise industry.

I have no engineering or design knowledge BUT there must be a solution to this issue. It is pointless having enough life boats for all passengers if some of them are unable to be used.

For Australians on this thread

Network ten SYDNEY will show

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia (PG)

9:30pm-10:30pm | TEN

Sunday 19 February 2012