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l3v1ck
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I can't wait to see to see if it works. clicky
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Amnesia10
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Raising ships is a straight forward procedure even if it is complex. They will seal it and then start to pump out the water and gradually it will float. I suspect that the police will be all over it once it is raised.
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jonbwfc
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I don't think they've been able to do that in this case. One of the salvage operators was on the news this morning, and he said the water was adding something like 10,000 tons to the effective weight of the vessel as they are trying to right it. That suggests there's a fair amount of captive water still in the vessel. As to the police, yeah, you'd expect so. There are still two passengers that remain unaccounted for, for one thing.
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l3v1ck
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10,000 tons won't be too hard to diaplace with those huge tanks they're thinking of fitting to both sides.
They could always add giant airbags inside the hull to displace water out. The more they displace out, the less weight that has to be lifted.
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hifidelity2
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The issue is that its still stuck on the rocks so they have to pull it off the reef 1st
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Amnesia10
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It could be done, though you might need to patch the original hole to make pumping air in an option. Mythbusters did something similar with ping pong balls. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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BBC news confuses me.
It says they've successfully lifted it free of the rocks onto the platform, but the live footage show it's still at an angle, though much less than before.
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Amnesia10
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They will be rotating it slowly. They have to allow for the water to resettle and that will impact what they can do. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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I agree, which according to the BBC's own diagrams, means it's not on the platform yet. 
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Wait, what? Major news channel doesn't know its a*se from its elbow shocker!  _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Amnesia10
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I think most news channels do have that problem. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
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Well they've got it upright. CLICKY That's really impressive engineering. EDIT Wow, there's a stand by vessel with a cloaking device in front of it. 
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Amnesia10
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I wonder if once they have found the remaining bodies whether they will make it into a reef or because of the amount metal they will send it to India for scrapping? _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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HeatherKay
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More "facts" from BBC News today: the Costa Concordia, apparently, is now afloat.  At least the web site tends to have some more considered reporting. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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l3v1ck
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It's planned to be scrapped.
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