Will require 7 to 10 months to get to the Costa Concordia on the coast

posted on: Jan 30 2012 10:9 by RDugey. Viewed 14 times.


The head of the Italian Civil protection, Franco Gabrielli, said yesterday that they will need between seven and 10 months to get to the cruise ship Costa Concordia, shipwrecked on January 13, the coast from the island of Giglio where ran aground.

The Dutch company Smit that recovered the Russian nuclear submarine "Kursk" (sunk in August 2000) and which will also deal with the removal of the fuel, will be in charge to take the cruise on the coast.

Gabrielli explained that it will take about two months to decide what to do with the ship, if dismantled in front of the island of Giglio or towing her to a place more secure, and subsequently will be from 7 to 10 months to make it disappear completely from this protected marine zone.

On the movement of the ship, who yesterday became "clearer", Gabrielli explained that it is normal, especially with the strong wind and waves, but not "they are insensitive to this, and will be monitoring everything" u000a"the helmet".

Gabrielli said that the priority so far was the "saving lives", but that now is "to avoid an environmental emergency".

Bad weather has forced today suspend tasks search for 15 people who are still missing after the sinking.

Technicians have estimated that in the last six hours the hull has moved 3.5 centimeters, while in recent days slipped 2 or 3 mm each hour.

The number of fatal victims of the sinking of the Cruiser Costa Concordia January 13 against the Italian island of Giglio was raised yesterday to 17, when divers found the body of the Peruvian Erika Soria Molina, for 26 years, who worked as a waitress in the cruise.

On the other hand, are also suspended due to bad weather the tasks of preparing for the extraction of the 2,300 tons of fuel stored in the Cruiser tanks.

The Italian company spokesman

u000aDutch Smit, which will deal with the removal, Massimiliano Igueira, explained yesterday at a press conference on the island of Giglio island that "fuel mining operations not nonstop before the middle of next week" because of bad weather.