video: moment cruse ship crashes into Venice dock

[Demovictory9]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2019/jun/02/moment-cruise-ship-crashes-into-venice-dock-video

[Wounded Bear]

1. Well, that'll teach that other ship captain not to park in their spot...

[ornotna]

2. People will be losing their jobs over this. Yikes!

Somebody messed up big time.

[Demovictory9]

4. news said there was some kind of mechanical failure

[Codeine]

3. As if Venetians needed another reason

to hate the constant influx of cruise ships.

[jberryhill]

7. Many of them are blind to that

[Codeine]

8. Well played, sir. nt

[csziggy]

5. Why on earth were people running down the gangway of the ship at dock?

They were safer on the ship than on the gangway!

I wonder if the injured were those who were actually on the gangway when the larger ship hit the smaller ship?

[unc70]

10. Wasn't obvious where was safer

The smaller river cruise boat just barely missed being crushed like a can. In that case, remaining in the boat would have been bad. As it was, they were just able to get that boat underway so that it was pushed away from the dock by the liner.

Only luck kept this from being a major tragedy. That dock area is one of the sturdiest places in Venice proper. I go to Venice fairly often and see these enormous ships dangerously close all the time. The locals hate them. There have been several near misses of prominent, irreplaceable buildings during the last couple of years.

[jberryhill]

6. Good to know Capt. Schettino is working again

[Tipperary]

13. Lol!

Wonder what happened to him.

[Turbineguy]

9. Heavy smoke from the tug.

I wonder if they cut the line before the crash.

[RainCaster]

11. The ships screws may not have reversed

That poor tug was trying to stop the ship, be it never had enough power.

[samnsara]

12. i cant believe the folks running along side that thing!!!

.. I was on a Holland Cruise in Alaska and we hit an iceberg! No one knew it til someone saw it on CNN that night So THATS why the coast guard surrounded our ship in Sitka!

[Captain Stern]

14. That collision was so violent, it knocked the 'i' out of the word 'cruise'.

Yes, I know that comment didn't really add anything.

But this comment will help anyone that is reading this when they 'film' something on their phone (ok, it won't really help them, but it will be nice for the people watching the video):

HOLD THE PHONE SIDEWAYS!, or HORIZONTALLY, or in LANDSCAPE MODE, or whatever you want to call it.

[jberryhill]

15. Seriously

There should be stiff criminal penalties for failing to shoot in landscape mode.

Do these people go to the movie theater and then cock their head to the side so it “looks right” to them?

What is wrong with these people?