Concordia Update III: Last Batch of Photos From the Concordia

This will probably be the last update for today unless something breaks.

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Very few photos have surfaced right after the grounding. Here you can see her sinking, stern first.

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Passengers onboard wait for the abandon ship order to be given by the captain.

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If my previous photo didn’t show it, this one sure shows how close she is resting to shore.

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One passengers made it ashore, the life vest pileup began.

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Close up on the stern.

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Coast Guard officials remove the vessels black box. Just like planes, all seagoing vessels are equipped with a black box. Similar to their airborne counterparts, these computers keep a log of instruments and even voice recordings from the bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

via AP