Declare emergency area of wreck

The Italian Government, chaired by Mario Monti, may declare state of emergency in the area which was wrecked in last Friday Night Cruiser "Costa Concordia", before the possible leakage of fuel and other polluting materials. Thus announced it the Italian Minister of environment, Corrado Clini, at the end of a meeting in the Government delegation in Livorno (Italy Centre), where he analyzed the current situation of the cruise ship that ran aground in waters off the island of Giglio, a shipwreck which so far has left six dead and 15 missing. "The next Council of Ministers may declare state of emergency (...)" "The Declaration of the State of emergency means that all operations that affect this accident are operations of national interest, which have to be involved institutions," said Clini journalists. "There is a significant risk, linked to the amount of fuel in the tank" u000asaid the Minister, who assured that as soon as you have evidence of possible leakage of polluting materials, it will take "necessary measures to reduce and contain the risk".

Human error
the captain of the cruise ship that ran aground with Tuscany deviated from their planned route, "human error" that determined the fate of the ship, reported the Italian company that owns the ship. Meanwhile, the rescue operations were interrupted by the turbulent waters, which moved the ship tilted. The statement of the President and CEO of Costa Crociere, Pier Luigi Foschi, intensifies the pressure on the captain, who is being investigated by the authorities of course murder and allegations that left the ship in danger before the passengers were safe, which would be violation of Italian navigation code.

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