Friday
10 p.m. Central European Time (4 p.m. U.S. jap Time). The Costa Concordia, regarding 3 hours once departing the Italian port of Civitavecchia close to Rome with regarding three,200 passengers and one,000 crewmembers on a seven-day voyage, the Costa Concordia strikes a rock off the coast of Isola del Giglio. Passengers are sitting all the way down to dinner when the rumble knocks wine glasses and plates of cuttlefish off the tables. The lights detonate, and therefore the ship begins to list. The ship had three,200 passengers and one,000 crewmembers.
10:30 p.m. the primary alarm sounds, warning passengers regarding an electrical downside crewmembers are attempting to mend. officers say the captain, Francesco Schettino, initially tries to maneuver the ship into the port as water pours into huge gashes within the ship before ordering an evacuation.
10:45 p.m. Passengers become incredulous regarding the electrical downside because the ship tilts within the water, creating it tougher to abandon ship. Passengers begin panicking as a result of few crewmembers speak Italian to supply directions. Some crawl on bruised knees as hallways flip sideways.
Midnight. Some passengers wait 2 hours within the cold for his or her flip to be lowered in crowded lifeboats to the water as water creeps up to their ankles. maybe a hundred passengers jump from the ship into the cold water and take a look at swimming to shore. Island residents greet them with blankets and hot drinks.
A French couple say they see the captain in a very lifeboat, lined by a blanket before all the passengers are off the ship. Police later detain Schettino on suspicion that he abandoned ship.
Saturday
A 160-foot gash is visible within the facet of the ship because it lie on its facet within the rocky water. The Italian coast guard recovers the "black box" of navigational recordings.
Throughout the day, rescue crews in dinghies circle the wreckage, probing for survivors. regarding forty individuals are believed to be missing.
Late Saturday evening, a South Korean couple honeymooning on the cruise are rescued from the unsubmerged portion of the ship, once firefighters hear their screams.
Sunday
10 a.m. (4 a.m. U.S. jap Time). A helicopter airlifts a 3rd survivor from the capsized ship thirty six hours once it ran aground. Police divers and rescue crews continue circling the wreckage for survivors, inserting their hands on the edges of the hull.
Italian coast guard divers realize 2 additional bodies aboard the ship - elderly individuals found within the dining area - bringing the whole to 5 dead. Fifteen individuals stay missing.
Sources: Carnival Corp., The Associated Press and USA these days analysis by Bart Jansen
