The raising of the Costa Concordia

The raising of the cruise liner the Costa Concordia has been an unprecedented success. The remarkable engineering feat saw the huge one hundred and fourteen thousand tonne ship lifted and rolled into an upright position.
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[@lune78]

I love how 110 years later Titanic is still the reference for ship sizes.

[@MrChappy39]

So much better than, "Bigger than a football field".

[@Dick_Sanchez]

I love it when they reference the titanic

[@EnjoySackLunch]

Should have gone with “a ship seventeen thousand times larger than a 2001 nissian Sentra!”

[@Bsmith806]

Just shows how big a deal Titanic was and still is, that ship might not be unsinkable but it is immortal

[@sebcat04]

I've come up with a game - watch a mainstream "news" "report" on the Costa Concordia and see how long it takes for them to mention the sodding Titanic. Currently, this one holds the record, at 31 fucking seconds.

[@maddiescharf9079]

Absolutely insane the waiter risked his life while the captain jumped ship

[@YouCareMoreThanMe]

Character always shows in the midst of tragedy

[@apocalypseblues3897]

can you believe how far humanity has come? not only can we build AND sink that thing but then we can also manage to UNsink it! humans are incredible!

[@popcorn8153]

we certainly know how to complicate things

[@asianmasterdebator]

@Kevin Keegan wish i could get a raise. smh.

[@bluemushroom6925]

Let's hope they un sink the titanic before it gets eaten by germs

[@UncalBertExcretes]

@@bluemushroom6925 No chance, she lays 12,000 feet deep in the middle of the atlantic, not washed up on the shore of an island sitting in 10 feet of water.

[@MegaHELLRAISER01]

@@UncalBertExcretes At best, they can take small parts at a time to the surface. They managed to recover an 18 ton hull piece from Titanic

[@LLace]

*RIP Russel Robello , what a truly selfless man ! Salute to you* !

[@AverageSynth]

Russell was an absolute legend, rest in peace

[@ronaldwoodard6427]

The expertise of these professional ship handlers is ASTOUNDING. The fact that they did this environmentally friendly is truly a WORK OF ART and profoundly professional! God bless you all!

[@maddiescharf9079]

RIP RUSSEL WHAT AN ANGEL

[@vikingsong2068]

That tie is straight out of 1987.

[@JMAC-rs6ey]

Thanks for the opportunity to raise this ship and tow it out of there. I’m sorry for the loss of life TERRIBLE. I AM MASTER ENGINEER AND SALVAGE EXPERT NICK SLOANE CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦

[@raran44]

Are some of you so clueless as to why they can raise a partially sunk ship in shalllow water and not a 110 year old almost completely deteriorated wreck lying at the bottom of the Ocean 400 nautical miles out? Wow.

[@LLace]

Apparently so . U know these mfs in these comments aint shyt 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sclimenti82]

They're idiots. Titanic is nearly 2.5 miles below sea level smh.

[@georgewashington1106]

Oh my, that tie...

[@ShadeRaven222]

All that manpower to fix one captains mistake. Geeez!

[@jamessanders5247]

Imo the titanic may not be the biggest but it damn sure set the standard

[@user-db6pt7vr3l]

It's unbelievable that the Captain slipped and fell into a lifeboat which ended up ashore.

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

Pretty mind boggling we have the ability to build 140 million ton ships and also have the ability to recover them when they sink.

[@Gael-xs8cp]

do you have any idea how much 140 million is

[@Mypenisissmallbut]

@@Gael-xs8cp a lot

[@LLace]

@@Mypenisissmallbutno dummass , 140,000 tons . Not millions 😑😑😑

[@amaan-the-analyst]

It was actually 114,000 tons.

[@mar-tin702]

This actually didn't sink though

[@stabbitystab]

It's sad because carnival corporation wouldn't have bothered to lift the ship if they weren't ordered to do it by government officials!

[@Cyr0_]

Me seeing the white side: :O Me seeing the "Cardboard" like side: 😃wha-

[@dancingcarapace]

Rust, my dude. It’s a powerful chemical reaction. Especially in salt water

[@mariosgamingmemechannel2033]

@@dancingcarapace stfu it looks like cardboard

[@sparkunlimited8448]

Nice

[@gammr3227]

would have been cool if they didnt scrap it and put it in a dockyard as an exhibit of some kind. (cant restore it though)

[@AverageSynth]

@Sandy Benton I'm not sure people would want to be on a ship that had multiple deaths onboard

[@LLace]

@@AverageSynthshiiiit then please explain why anyone would wanna be around the titanic ? 1,503-1,522 deaths

[@AverageSynth]

@@LLace 1: you can't raise the titanic 2: its so insanely low going down there is dangerous unless youre very rich and have a quality submersible

[@RandysDirtyBurger]

@@AverageSynthmy friend made one that he drives around with this little gaming controller he got off amazon, come to think of it, i haven’t heard from him in a week or so ….

[@Level_No_Curve]

​@@AverageSynthand even then its not safe lol

[@mcal3602]

It's amazing the things Man can do

[@blakesteele7800]

What a ridiculous tie

[@kirstymcdowell7477]

Your being a bit rude he might like that tie it a wonderful tie I wonder what you dress up like then😭

[@ezorist]

Kirsty Mcdowell lo L

[@H4rleyBoy]

Is that what you took away from this video?

[@vikingsong2068]

I bet he's had it since 1987.

[@zachanikwano]

Your just jealous because it’s so fabulous and it ain’t yours

[@mbdulka]

A painful reminder of hubris, idiocy, and arrogance ...

[@jaysonthetrainmasterprofil221]

did the ship blow the horn when it was upright?

[@marilyngil6165]

Yes

[@xonelajr3792]

Two times bigger than titanic? WHAT it's 290m and titanic was 269m

[@dylancloud97]

Gross tonage

[@jemlesvideo]

Also the ridiculous height of those modern cruise ships.

[@lemon5155]

WOOHOO!

[@Doon__]

114k tonne? i thought it was 180k

[@peterweatherley7669]

114k Short tonnes = 180k long tonnes

[@pops7249]

1:04 geh

[@JakobCerasuolo]

😮

[@houndbrickproductions220]

I thought the same thing lol

[@T1mm0s]

I wouldn't play tic tac toe with that host, it's always a tie

[@user-yk9my3yw1r]

Ive alwayd loved cruise ships, how large they and how dope they look

[@slim-oneslim8014]

I thought it would've taken longer to upright it.

[@waynebatson3087]

To think , that horn was the reason it got sunk !

[@TGentong]

Wait what, explain!

[@bobsempletank1749]

@@TGentong tried to do a sail by salute by did it wrong and crashed

[@garyallen4313]

That ship looks like a bad neighborhood in the South Bronx , where I grew up…..

[@markfox2043]

Another day in the ghetto

[@abbott21234]

The cost of all that must of been billions

[@marlonmillare8929]

Costa conta

[@oliverkhoo]

They plan to repair it?

[@THETWISHPEXPERT]

WHAT ARE U DEF DIDN'T YOU LISTEN AT ALL SHE WAS SCRAPPED AFTER 20 MONTH'S SHE ISN'T AROUND ANYMORE AND IT WOULD COST TOO MUCH TO REPAIR IT ANYWAY.

[@TitanicStarLine1912]

CONCORDIAS RAISED?

[@tur74d56]

I wonder why they didn’t repair it , only half was damaged

[@desertrat1357]

Would cost to much and likely damaged structurally. Not to mention the fact that they would have a hard time getting people to sign on to be on the ship

[@chrisk9808]

Lol you must not have seen the video. XD

[@ScorchMetallic]

i am still raised

[@SaltimusMaximus]

it wasn't unprecendented, after the attack on Pearl Harbour, multiple sunk and capsized battleships were righted, refloated and sent off for repair within a couple of months

[@Mateyhv1]

0:29 A 100 years later still size comparing ships with the Titanic 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TGentong]

Because Titanic is a Famous ship?

[@Mateyhv1]

@@TGentong Famous? Famous is the Di Caprio movie. The ship did nothing to be famous.

[@TGentong]

@@Mateyhv1 titanic is Famous bc that movie, lol

[@TGentong]

I mean it sunk at her Maiden Voyage and the designer of the ship claims the ship is unsinkable.

[@Mateyhv1]

@@TGentong ofc, nowadays kids know bad bunny, not titanic

[@MadHatterDJ-]

Titanic, always the benchmark.

[@gailplatt1]

Of the island of jiglio 😂

[@goofygaming4095]

They should clean the ship so we go on it again just rebuild the destroyed parts and remodel the inside

[@stabbitystab]

Yeah, it doesn't work that way... they can remake the ship but they can not use the old scraps as it would be too dangerous.

[@jamesocton5220]

And then they found 2 dead bodies

[@mollymonsters]

More then 2 like 14

[@MASKEDMANGUITAR]

@@mollymonsters no, 1. They found remains and a body.

[@jdmbeats]

Half a billion pounds?! What a ridiculous sum of money. What a waste.

[@ali-ej6rv]

I think in the end it cost around 2 billion in total

[@jdmbeats]

@@ali-ej6rv Insanity. I understand it was a threat to the eco system and environment, but I bet this disaster put some of those people's grandkids through college.

[@trepidstation]

@@jdmbeats that's a ridiculous thing to say. Honestly I've read some stupid things on the internet but that takes the cake.

[@thesusmaster]

:O

[@dancingcarapace]

What I want to know is did they recover the 37 people who died?

[@AverageSynth]

I think so yeah

[@raymondfunnel6856]

All because of a stupid captain

[@ChrisJohnson-hk6es]

The Captain was a coward. A complete coward! Had no remorse whatsoever.

[@Ididsumthing]

So you raise that cruise ship but not the triplets huhhhhh

[@qader1234]

What if they raised the titanic like this

[@chaneldoll1514]

It would become dust before it even reached the surface. 100+ years old of metal and debris,plus there are organisms that are eating down Titanic. In the future the Titanic will be gone:(

[@pops7249]

@@chaneldoll1514 i think it will in less than 10 year

[@chaneldoll1514]

@@pops7249 yes... And that's so sad 😞😞 i wish they invent some type of technology to lift it up with care before its gone, but on the other hand its the graveyard of the passengers that died that day , its their resting place. Im 50/50 about lifting it up

[@pops7249]

@@chaneldoll1514 and the location is pretty deep, it would cost couple billions dollar to rise it you know, the making of movie Titanic itself said cost more than Titanic building cost so, most logical way is to make replica (and make sure its safer than Titanic and has enough lifeboat, and ofc, better engine)

[@chaneldoll1514]

@@pops7249 i agree

[@tomatoesofdoom]

what a hilarious failure of sailing. they literally hit rocks on the coast of the island's beach resort. and was then left sunk about 1/3rd of the way into the shallow water as a monument for 2 years

[@MegaBeast250]

Its not twice the size of the titanic

[@Ollellor]

It’s more than twice actually

[@metalwood]

@@Ollellor In weight yes, but not in length.

[@Ollellor]

@@metalwood which is how ships are compared. Yachts are compared according to their lengt, cruise ships aren’t

[@JMAC-rs6ey]

MILLIONS HAD DOUBTS IN ME. MY INTESTINAL FORTITUDE IS HIGHER THAN THE EVERLASTING LORD. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD MY WINGS AND RAISE THIS SHIP. IM SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF LIFE. TERRIBLE 😢

[@sheenasmith2527]

Midstream

[@skyblues8785]

could of been a tourist attraction

[@rj6683]

It took a white man and his technology to raise that ship.And a white man to wear that tie.

[@JMAC-rs6ey]

Thanks millions had doubts in me. But I have more intestinal fortitude than ten men put together. I kept pressing on.

[@rayray9483]

Lol you pulled a ship to the side. Woooooooohoooooooooo. Let's try and get publicity In our little shite hole.

[@MASKEDMANGUITAR]

Pulling a ship out of wreckage is a deadly and painstaking task. Hours and hour of hard work, dedication, and lots of thinking were put into this project. They did this to give survivors and people who lost their loved ones when the ship sank closure so they can finally move on. This was done to help people, yet, you; a fat smelly KZbin commenter has discredited those people’s hard work as “Just pushing a ship to the side.” Wow, just wow.

[@vikingsong2068]

What a stupid comment.

[@JMAC-rs6ey]

In my expert opinion a ship of that DRAUGHT does not belong that close to land. I AM MASTER ENGINEER AND MARINE SALVAGE EXPERT NICK SLOANE CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦

[@Dukers2300]

Gross

[@galactic_nerd-sk4747]

Ratio

[@fuki98]

Can raise a freaking cruise ship but not the Totanic. Logic.

[@milostv7998]

Idiot Costa Concordia didnt sink like Titanic,Titanic is on the bottom of Atlantic ocean,thousand meters underwater,and this ship is half sinked

[@imoheight]

The titanic would probably crumble into a million pieces if an attempt to raise it was ever made

[@georgewashington1106]

One is partially submerged, one is under 12,000 feet of water. One is intact, one is in multiple piece.

[@JaceAVinson]

This ship sank in shallow water and was halfway in the water and had been their for 2 years when raised. It took 73 years to find Titanic and Titanic is thousands of feet under and has been there so long that the whole thing would fall apart and sink right back down if we tried raising it. Also Titanic split in half so there would be a giant hole on the end or front of it (depending on which side we raise) which would cause it to sink again even if we got it to the surface. And especially the stern can’t be raised. The stern is in a much worse condition.

[@AeroFrostAviation]

Titanic is to deep into the ocean

[@EthanStaton-cs7jr]

Titanic was way better