Confusion Over Whether Captain Was Last To Leave
There seems to be some confusion as to whether the captain of the Costa Concordia was the last to leave his stricken ship. This Australian web site says he wasn’t, but others like Sky say he was.
It does seem to me though, that there was a lot of panic and that the charts may not have been up to the standard that the Admiralty would certify.
But to return to the Captain. It wasn’t obvious he was last to leave as Captain Knut Carlsen on the SS Flying Enterprise and Captain Chesley Sullenberger on US Airways Flight 1549 were.
It may seem strange that I can remember the Flying Enterprise incident so well, but it was an amazing piece of heroism and probably one of the first to be covered by the television news after we bought a set. But it is sixties years ago now. I know that we definitely had a television for the Coronation and that happened only a few months later. But it was also one of a long list of disasters that have happened over Christmas.
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January 15, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | News, Transport/Travel | Flying, Italy, Ship
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