3rd Survivor Found on Stricken Cruise Ship

[Little Tich]

Source: ABC News / AP

A third survivor was discovered inside the overturned Costa Concordia cruise ship Sunday, firefighters said.

Spokesman Luca Cari told The Associated Press that rescuers had spoken to the person inside the ship but the survivor had not yet been removed.

Late Saturday a South Korean couple on their honeymoon were rescued when firefighters in the unsubmerged part of the ship heard their screams.

Three people are confirmed dead after the huge cruise ship ran aground on Friday night, and some 40 remain unaccounted-for.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/night-chaos-fear-cruise-ship-ran-aground-15363180#.TxKYH4HS6mw

[dipsydoodle]

1. Apparently an injured member of the crew

Further news just coming out on the subject - ticker only at present on BBC.

[jannyk]

2. Apparently, a Senior Injured Crewman

according to the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

Survivor located inside ship is senior crew member, suffering from leg wound, rescue officials say

[Cooley Hurd]

3. I might not have heard it correctly, but they said it was the ship's Purser

Their "Gopher"*, so to speak...

(*from "The Love Boat&quot

[Quantess]

4. Can anyone explain why there were so many casualties

when the wreck was so near the shore? At least it looks near the shore, to me.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Because the ship carried over 4000 people?

When something that big goes over on its side, the numbers like '3 seriously injured' and '3 deaths' are pretty low.

[INdemo]

6. It was too close to shore and hit a rock

It is strange how the Captain left the ship before all passengers were safely rescued?....When the smoke clears they might just find that the Captain left to cover up an alcohol problem??

[harun]

7. Good to see they arrested him.

[INdemo]

8. They Did?

guess I need to find a news link

[harun]

19. Yah, I'm sure you found a link already but for those who haven't...

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/prosecutors-arrest-captain-of-stricken-vessel-535956.html

[unionworks]

11. I'm just a landlubber

...but I don't think the Captain is mainly responsible for the ships navigation. A helmsman would act on information provided by navigators? It may have been this captain was simply cowardly, or wanted to avoid d&a tests....

[Posteritatis]

12. The captain's where the buck stops. (nt)

[unionworks]

14. Yes

He is in deep doo doo...or even worse, shallow doo doo

[obamanut2012]

13. He is legally and ethically responsible for the ship

There is a reason why the Captain of the Titanic hauled himself to the Bridge and went down with her.

[unionworks]

15. contrast his actions

...with airline captain Sully Sullenberg, who stayed on his ditched aircraft in the Hudson river till all were safe, even giving one freezing passenger the shirt off his back... it makes me wonder...

[obamanut2012]

17. Agreed -- Sully is the real deal

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. Staying on the ship would be the best way of avoiding a test

It's not as if the police are going to send someone onto the ship to administer a test. He claims he did wait until the ship was evacuated, though.

[Posteritatis]

10. That's a very low casualty count for a ship that size suddenly capsizing. (nt)

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. 2 bodies found in flooded area

Emergency teams have found two more bodies in the partially submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank off the western coast of Italy.

It brings to five those known to have died after the ship, carrying more than 4,000 people, hit rocks on Friday.

The coastguard said divers searching the vessel found the bodies of two elderly men trapped in a flooded area.
...
The number of people unaccounted for has now fallen to 17, Tuscan regional official Enrico Rossi said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16568760

[riderinthestorm]

18. This is really heartbreaking however I'm relieved the number missing is now revised so much lower nt