Fatal Voyage The Wrecking of the Costa Concordia John Hooper Sean Barrett 0191091241103 Books
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A superstitious man might just have balked at putting to sea on Friday 13th in the centenary year of the sinking of the Titanic.... Fatal Voyage is the first comprehensive account of the wrecking of the Costa Concordia - an enthralling narrative of events before, during, and after the 114,000-ton liner slammed into rocks off the Mediterranean island of Giglio.
Focusing on the experiences of a Californian family, Fatal Voyage brings to life the terrifying reality of being trapped aboard the listing, crippled Costa Concordia. And it shows that some of the issues raised by the Titanic disaster are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago.
John Hooper is the Rome-based correspondent of The Economist and The Guardian. He has been reporting from the countries of the Mediterranean for almost 25 years. His book The Spaniards won the Allen Lane Award for a best first work of nonfiction. It has since been revised and updated as The New Spaniards.
Fatal Voyage The Wrecking of the Costa Concordia John Hooper Sean Barrett 0191091241103 Books
The account of the wreck of the cruise ship, Costa Concordia, on January 13, 2012 is given in this Kindle Single, "Fatal Voyage: The Wrecking of the Costa Concordia" by John Hooper. The cruise ship left the port of Civitavecchia, which is north of Rome with a passenger list of more than 4000 aboard.The details given are much akin to what has been in the newspapers and news magazines, but with several accounts by passengers who tell of their escapes from the ship. There are other details that I haven't read anywhere else. Hooper tells of a Korean couple who were honeymooning on this cruise who nearly didn't make it off the ship alive, since they were trapped in their cabin with cold water and one life vest. Another man fell and broke his leg in two places and managed to get to a tabletop to avoid the cold water.
The same question is asked in this Single as has been asked everywhere else, and that is why the captain decided to showboat when it was cold, and with other crew members on the bridge who had nothing to do with the sailing of the ship. These people were hotel staff, and apparently the captain had them there to show them what an expert he was by sailing through an opening that was only a few hundred yards from the Giglio island's shore. How this information got out is very interesting.
Hooper does a good job with the timeline of events and with the outcomes of the people mentioned who were passengers. The short biographical information on Captain Schettino and his family shows a family who had been around the sea, if not on it, for a couple of generations. The author also follows one family's experience throughout and what happened to them.
Overall, this is an interesting and well-written account of this tragic wreck. It is more personal when one family is the focus of what happens when there is an accident like this with over 4000 passengers on board and everyone thinks they are going to have a peaceful, relaxing time until the ship starts to shake and the lights go out.
This was worth reading, at least for me and I give it four stars.
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Fatal Voyage The Wrecking of the Costa Concordia John Hooper Sean Barrett 0191091241103 Books Reviews
A beautiful vessel like the Costa Concordia should never have ended up on the rocks of Giglio Island. The review by John Hooper is excellent for documenting what went on onboard the ship before and during the accident. Reading the text of communiques from the Coast Guard and the captain's responses shows the dynamics of the human being. An industry has been temporarily hurt by this calamity and that extends beyond the needless loss of life in the actual accident. Testimony that will come out in future hearings will reveal more but a beautiful vessel was destroyed by human factors.
Good journalistic writing tells a human story that engrosses you and makes you think. Mediocre journalistic writing relates facts. The frustrating thing about this single is that you could get hints that there were some truly interesting characters on board the Costa Concordia--but while their experiences were related their stories remained untold. This is an interesting essay that can fill an hour, much like thumbing through a magazine and if you're looking to learn something new, I'd recommend it. But if you're looking for the experience of reading, being engrossed in other people's lives, this is probably not the item for you.
This is a non-professional compilation of material that is very superficial. Poorly written and of no value to anyone who is looking for a factual analysis or even discussion of the accident. I would guess that the authors have never seen the bridge of a modern ship and have no understanding, for example, of the navigation equipment that was being used (or ignored) on the bridge, or of the propulsion system(s) of the ship. You can easily learn more with a quick search of the internet. BTW, I have never given a "book" (a term I use loosely here) a one star before. Few of the many books I have read would rate below a 4 or 5 star. This is the first that I would consider below a 3 star.
So, I read the single which had some eye witness accounts of the wreck and I have a much clearer understanding of why people died and had trouble getting off the ship.
It turns out that the ship was listing 60 degrees. Sometimes when I push my 25' sailboat in a race, I'll get it to heel to 40 to 45 degrees and it's crazy hard to walk anywhere and you hear all sorts of stuff falling down below. Now magnify that to a 60 degree tilt, add the possibility that the ship could roll without a keel AND turn off all the lights as well as increase the size of the vessel 38 times. So you're in a huge and cavernous 13 deck cruise ship, easy to get lost, and even if you make it out to the high side deck the tilt is way to far to walk on and all the high side life boats are stuck. In the confusion the passengers had no idea that they could roll and that they were only 70 yards from shore. It was very cold as well so people died of exposure. Add panic as people had no idea if the ship would go over and thought she would capsize. The crew was NOT communicating and panic set in. There are some side stories about mistresses, the captain's history and the suggestion that he wasn't as bad as the press made him out to be and that the ship's owner's pushed the close to land "sail bys"
Anyways, it's short and illuminated several things for me. For $1.99 it was worth it.
The account of the wreck of the cruise ship, Costa Concordia, on January 13, 2012 is given in this Single, "Fatal Voyage The Wrecking of the Costa Concordia" by John Hooper. The cruise ship left the port of Civitavecchia, which is north of Rome with a passenger list of more than 4000 aboard.
The details given are much akin to what has been in the newspapers and news magazines, but with several accounts by passengers who tell of their escapes from the ship. There are other details that I haven't read anywhere else. Hooper tells of a Korean couple who were honeymooning on this cruise who nearly didn't make it off the ship alive, since they were trapped in their cabin with cold water and one life vest. Another man fell and broke his leg in two places and managed to get to a tabletop to avoid the cold water.
The same question is asked in this Single as has been asked everywhere else, and that is why the captain decided to showboat when it was cold, and with other crew members on the bridge who had nothing to do with the sailing of the ship. These people were hotel staff, and apparently the captain had them there to show them what an expert he was by sailing through an opening that was only a few hundred yards from the Giglio island's shore. How this information got out is very interesting.
Hooper does a good job with the timeline of events and with the outcomes of the people mentioned who were passengers. The short biographical information on Captain Schettino and his family shows a family who had been around the sea, if not on it, for a couple of generations. The author also follows one family's experience throughout and what happened to them.
Overall, this is an interesting and well-written account of this tragic wreck. It is more personal when one family is the focus of what happens when there is an accident like this with over 4000 passengers on board and everyone thinks they are going to have a peaceful, relaxing time until the ship starts to shake and the lights go out.
This was worth reading, at least for me and I give it four stars.
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