Cruise Ship Disaster: Photos Show Horrifying Mess Survivors Had To Escape
Jan. 17 2012, Published 3:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
As more and more shocking details emerge regarding the cruise liner disaster that occurred off the coast of Italy on Friday night, shocking photos have been released showing the horrifying chaos of the semi-sunken ship’s interior.
In the pictures, taken by divers that are continuing their underwater search for the 16 people still unaccounted for, you can see the absolute disarray and wreckage which must of added to the struggles of passengers trying to swim to safety.
In what was once the Costa Concordia’s dining room, broken tables and furniture lay all over -- scattered around in a scene more reminiscent of Bedlam than a holiday cruise ship.
In another photo a diver bobs in a sea of broken furniture and wine bottles, desperately trying to find the missing bodies as time works against the brave rescue crew.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the C.E.O. of the cruise ship company admitted on Monday that human error played a role in the tragedy.
Costa Cruises Chief Executive Officer Pier Luigi Foschi said in a news conference that ship captain Francesco Schettino embarked on an unapproved, unauthorized maneuver prior to the capsize. (Media reports out of Italy indicate Schettino swerved the ship -- carrying 4,234 passengers and crew -- four miles off-course to wave to a pal who was on land, before hitting a rock.)
"The company will be close to the captain and will provide him with all the necessary assistance," Foschi said, "but we need to acknowledge the facts and we cannot deny human error."
Schettino was arrested Saturday in con