Costa Cruises Sunken

13 January of 2012

A ship carrying more than 4000 people ran aground off Italy. It was the Costa Concordia by the Costa Cruises. There were authentic scenes of panic in the Costa Concordia hit on Friday evening near the island of Giglio.

Passengers from Italy (1000), Germany (500) and France (160) were on boat. Passengers were eating dinner when they heard a loud noise and the captain said that they had electrical problems. After it was announced a general emergency and the worst part started. Most of the people reached land by lifeboats in a scary atmosphere. These scenes reminded scenes from the film Titanic. They were scared and freezing...some of them died. Helicopters evacuated the last 50 people trapped on the ship.

Rescued passengers were accommodated in hotels and schools in Giglio. Coast guard officials think the tragedy passed as a result of sailing too close to an obstacle like a reef. At the end, sadly, 32 people were dead.

One month later, another tragedy occurred. Costa Allegra was sailing with 135 Italian, 127 French, 97 Austrians, 90 Swiss, 38 Germans and 31 Britons when it sunk. They sailed from Alphonse Island to the main island in the Seychelles in the Indic Ocean close to Africa. A fire in the ship’s generator room on Monday caused it to lose all power.

Surprisingly the ship is from the same fleet as the Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises. The ship is at the southern end of the seas where they were vulnerable to attacks by Somali pirates.

So, is it safe to travel by boat? Let me think.