Dmetrius

It just gets better and better.....talk about rats leaving a sinking ship......

 

The officers appear to be throw knives in the back of the Captain......

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/03/costa-concordia-captain-coastguards

I'm not questioning if they really did "feel very betrayed, very much lied to" but maybe the reason that the truth wasn't given to them was due to the fact

that most of the crew was keep in the dark or lied to by the command officers.

nothing to see here, move along. Everythings under control. Must maintain the cruising illusion at any cost

I just read than another Costa ship.....the Allegra.....had a small fire aboard and has lost power and is adrift off Seychelles. The fire is out but the engines aren't running.....some cargo ships are responding. This looks like an older, smaller ship with only 600+ passengers and 400+ crew. Hopefully they'll get the engines running. It doesn't sound like there was much damage but this is the last thing Costa needs right now.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/costa-allegra-on-fire-off_n_1303972.html?ref=travel&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl15%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D138792

Came across this.

Interesting grafix postulating both positive and negative recovery possibilities.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/17/graphic-salvaging-the-costa-concordia-cruise-liner/

Take your pick.

As promised, a picture showing how electrical power is distributed to the various electrical buses on a Vista-class cruise ship.

 

The six main diesel generators power the 11KV bus, XA872A and XA872B

 

Transformers power the 690V buses XA872C, XA872D, XA873A, XA873C from the 11KV buses. The 11KV bus cannot be powered from the 690V buses.

 

The EDG (Emergency Diesel Generator) at the top right only powers the 690V buses. If it's the only generator running then the 11KV bus will not be powered. It can power the main 690V buses via breakers 909, 309 and 410.

 

http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/showphoto.php?photo=23370

 

The next picture shows how the propulsion units are powered.

 

The azipods and bow thrusters BT1, BT2, BT3 are powered from the 11KV buses. The azipods also take power from the 690V buses for the exciters.

 

Each bow thruster can draw up to 1.9MW. Each azipod can draw 17.6MW.

 

http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/showphoto.php?photo=23371

 

VP

Cocaine, Tranquilizers.....

 

http://news.yahoo.com/cocaine-found-costa-concordia-captains-hair-164000672.html

♫

Driving the ship, high on cocaine.

Captain Schettino better watch his speed.

Trouble ahead, titanic boulders.

Maybe that notion should've crossed his mind... ♪

may have been may have been the user but did she undergo drug tests immediately post-crash?

From Repubblica:

http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/02/18/news/schettino_non_ha_assunto_droghe_o_alcol-30099142/

 

Translation:

 

The Commander's hair a small presence of traces of cocaine. It would have been touched by someone who had used drugs

 

Commander Francis Schettino has not drunk alcohol or take drugs before the accident the Costa Concordia. The analysis of urine and hair do not have detected the presence of these substances. Hair on the outside but there is an almost imperceptible from cocaine contamination.

 

The results of the survey conducted at the Catholic University of Rome were communicated informally to the Prosecutor in Grosseto. Schettino hasn't consumed drugs even in the months preceding the incident of 13 January, says an analysis of hair, able to be traced back very far back in time. The small presence of traces of drugs would be attributed to possible hair Schettino touch from someone who had used cocaine.

The cook and anyone else who runs their hands through the capt's hair is now suspect. who could that be?

Ever since the Concordia ran aground Jan. 13, fears have swirled about fuel leaks and resulting contamination of the pristine waters off the tiny island of Giglio, which form part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, whales and porpoises. There have been no reports of any serious leaks.

Maintenance came up and told us that this part of the ship was experiencing the sewage smell due to the incinerator burning the trash and we were located on that side.

It's very possible that there is plenty of fluid leaking from the ship- they have said that before. It's just not the fuel from the fuel tanks that everyone is fearing. There is plenty of other fuel (cooking, etc) and other fluids one board.

I'm one of the many self appointed ntsb experts in here and it is my definitive asessment that the slick is massage oil from the ships spa.

the container was stored on the starbord side of the ships spa which is now underwater and the sturdy aluminium container

the oil was in has taken 3+ weeks to corrode due to electrolytic action with the steel cabinet the container was stored in.

Three large pinholes have developed in the container and thats why we now see a slight but steady trickle making its way to the surface where it then spreads a visible slick. ANY QUESTIONS?

That is so dishearten to watch! She will start taking in more water no and sink.

but sink? I don't think so. In 2wks. she's settled herself nicely. it would take a BIG swell action to get her moving anyhow substantially

Stay on the ship as long as you can. Be The Last Person off. Someone has to do that dirty job.

Longer you stay, the more cruise you get for your money. When there calling you by name then you know its time to go