Costa Concordia Cruise Ship

A photographer was able to get aboard the ship for an impromptu photo shoot.

Costa concordia cruise ship. The Legacy of the Costa Concordia Disaster by Elias Rudnikas. Francesco Schettino Italian pronunciation. The Captain sailing the ship at the time was captain Francesco Schettino who had worked for Costa Cruises for 11 years.

Costa Concordia the flagship of the Costa fleet was the largest Italian passenger ship ever built when it entered service in 2006. The Concordia is owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises. Costa Concordia disaster the capsizing of an Italian cruise ship on January 13 2012 after it struck rocks off the coast of Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Former captain of the Costa Concordia Francesco Schettino speaks with reporters after being aboard the ship with the team of experts inspecting the wreck on February 27 2014 in. The vessel was wrecked off the coast of Isola del Giglio Italy in the Tyrrhenian. The Costa Concordia left the Italian port of Civitavecchia at 1918 local time 1818 GMT.

Several of the ships crew notably. The ships design is based on the design of Carnivals Conquest class fleet of ships. Wreck of the Costa Concordia one of the largest cruise ships ever built raised from sea bed.

The Concordia class is a class of cruise ships that are operated by Costa Cruises and Carnival Cruise Lines subsidiaries of Carnival Corporation plc. The captain of the Costa Concordia Francesco Schettino was found guilty of manslaughter in 2016 and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Costa Concordia is a Concordia-Class cruise ship owned and operated by the Carnival Corporations subsidiary Costa Cruises.

952-foot ship ran aground in January 2012 on Tuscan island of Giglio killing 32 passengers. When the Costa Concordia crashed she had over 3000 passengers and 1000 crew members on board. The effort to dismantle the ill-fated Costa Concordia continues in Genoa Italy with approximately 200 technicians now working to cut up and remove all.