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Old 01-16-2012, 03:15 PM   #22
Andy G
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Costa Concordia

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Arctic Traveller wrote:
.If the ship was already on the bottom, or hard aground, would there be less chance of loss of life by ordering everyone off the ship, or would it be better to let the passengers work their way to the high side to wait for rescue while remaining dry?*
*Looking at the angle the ship settled at, the thought of a couple of thousand passengers clinging to the*port rail on a 45 degree angle conjures up the scene out of the movie Titanic where the frantic passengers climbed higher and higher to get away from the water, till they couldn't hold on any longer.

Surely these large cruise operators must/should have contingency plans for events such as this. It's a logistical exercise,how best to evacuate 3,000 people from a ship listing say 30 degrees.Will the lifeboats deploy etc.

As has been said when the sh**t hits the fan, you rather hope that's when the training kicks in.


-- Edited by Andy G on Monday 16th of January 2012 05:17:16 PM
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