Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Disaster

The map below shows the recent track of the Costa Concordia which ran aground around the Isle of Giglio in Italy yesterday evening. Ship positions were taken from AIS, the ship tracking site which also has extensive information on the ship itself. Zoom to the disaster area to get more information including the harbour web cam with live images. Bookmarks available on the larger map. The arrows indicate the approximate direction of the vessel at that time based on the degrees transmitted to the AIS system. The last two recordings were transmitted with half an hour difference and 2.8 sea miles apart (at cruise speed this would mean app. 12 minutes). The recording at 20:37 shows a speed of 15,3 knots and a direction of 285 degrees, the very last recording shows a speed of 1.1 knot and cruising direction of 13 degrees, completely North and away from the Isle. From the AIS recordings it seems that the vessel got into problems between the two last recordings, turned around and headed for the port of Giglio which can be seen by zooming in on the last recordings. For a presentation of the full journey (Silverlight needed) click here.



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