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Survivors: the quest cruise ship update12/23/2023 ![]() ![]() They run their hands along it at all times so they know where they are and how to get out if there’s an emergency.’Ĭompressed-air tanks give them a breathing time of 50 minutes, although most dives last around 40 minutes – the extra air is in case of emergency. ‘It’s their link from inside the ship to the outside world, and they can’t lose sight of it. ‘It’s a lifeline for the divers,’ says Rodolfo Raiteri, head of the coastguard dive team. There are more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board and the captain has given the order to abandon ship.’Ĭarrieri packed his mask, flippers and warm clothing, and 14 minutes later was outside his barracks and in a truck ready for the 200-mile drive to Porto Santo Stefano and the ferry to Giglio.Ī coastguard diver is sprayed with disinfectant after returning from a mission in the polluted water inside Concordia, where food and flesh are now rotting ‘She has run aground off the island of Giglio. ![]() ‘It’s a liner called Concordia,’ he was told. A cruise liner is sinking and there are people trapped.’ ‘You need to be ready to move in half an hour. To receive a call at that time in the morning could only mean trouble. The shrill sound of his mobile phone ringing at 1.30am shook coastguard diver Umberto Carrieri from his bed. ![]() The commander, Captain Roberto Monzani, is pointing to a rear section of the Concordia where the divers will place explosive charges to blow open entry points into the ship for the coastguard divers A briefing with Italian Navy special forces divers at dawn at Giglio Porto, a restaurant by the harbour that has been turned into an operations room. ![]()
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