Victims ship Costa Concordia

Victims ship Costa Concordia

Rescuers returned to find two victims were killed in any part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank yesterday. Thus the number of victims of tragedy like the Titanic was to be five people.



Yesterday, divers continued to search. They are combing parts of the ship covered in water. Previously rescuers managed to evacuate the couple from South Korea (ROK) is more than 24 hours trapped in a cabin aboard a luxury. 29-year-old couples who are honeymooning was found after rescuers detect their votes on Saturday night. They were reportedly in good health.

Meanwhile, the third victim was an Italian crew. The man believed to have suffered serious injuries in the feet. The BBC reported, a number of divers broke windows to rescue the ship's boy. "We do anything that lets us reach these people,''said Luciano Nicastro, coast guard spokesman, told Italian television.

Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the Tuscan coast, Italy, Friday (14 / 1) evening local time. Boat carrying more than 4,000 people were estimated to be too close to the mainland so it hit a reef.

So far there are three people who have been confirmed dead. They are two French passengers and a crew from Peru. It is feared the death toll will increase since there are still 42 people unaccounted for.

Meanwhile, the death toll reached 70 people injured, two of whom suffered serious injuries. Until yesterday, the search for victims still being conducted. Coast guard officials said they deployed divers to comb the site in search of victims.

Experienced

Italian police said it had begun an investigation to determine the cause of the shipwreck of the giant ship. Yesterday the ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, was detained for questioning. The prosecutor stated, Schettino sailed too close to the island of Giglio so dikemudikannya ship aground. He is also accused of leaving the ship before the evacuation was over.

Meanwhile, coast guard spokesman Capt. Filippo Marini told Sky Italia television said the divers had found a''black box''that records the details of the ill-fated ship navigation.

Costa Cruises, Costa Concordia operator, said Schettino (52) is an experienced sailor. He has worked for the company for 11 years. In a television interview, Schettino said the reef was hit not listed in the maritime charts.

Costa Cruises President Gianni Onorato, said the company's current main task is to assist search and rescue survivors. Onorato said it still could not determine what caused the ship was aground.

But he sure, the entire rescue procedure has been performed. According to him, the use of lifeboats are normally almost impossible, as the ship was tilted at an alarming rate.

Previously a number of passengers complained about the lack of crew who give referrals when evacuation. They also stated that the crew slow to declare an emergency.

They reveal, for the first 45 minutes they were only told that the ship suffered technical problems due to power outages. Not only that, the session evacuation drills should be done before shipping is also not implemented.

According to company data, the Costa Concordia contains about 3,000 passengers. As many as 1,000 passengers from Italy, 500 from Germany, and 160 from France. (Bbc, RTR, ap-mn-66)