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Left in the Dark | National Geographic


10 minutes after impact blackout the
moment is captured on a passenger’s
mobile phone behalf of the captain to
inform you that due to an electrical
fault which is currently under control
we’re currently in a blackout our
technicians are working to resolve the
situation and will inform you of
developments as they occur thank you for
your attention they were telling us that
would be okay so my friends got their
laptops than we were all set in the
corridor watching feel waiting for the
time when they said I it’s all okay you
can head back to your cabins so we were
unaware completely 15 minutes after the
collision captain Schettino radios the
ship’s owners to say that there is a
problem the ship continues forward as
the crew try to assess the damage the
rocks have torn a massive 50 meter gash
in the port side the lower decks of
modern cruise liners are typically
divided into seven watertight
compartments the ships are designed to
remain afloat if two compartments are
breached but in an echo of the Titanic
it’s believed that the Concordia has
breached three compartments
the engine room is breached to
the way I read the situation was they
thought this is quite serious turned
around and started to come back in
towards the land again in order to
minimize the might of distance between
the shore and the ship in order to
effect a more realistic rescue 10pm the
Concordia turns around and heads for
land very soon after hitting the rocks
it would have been prudent for the
captain to start the assembly process
every second can literally make the
difference between life and death the
passengers are not informed of any
impending emergency she felt you had
been hold and it was a fairly large hole
you would be thinking very quickly about
signed in general alarm signals because
you would want to get the passengers to
their emergency station sooner rather
than later
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