geraldo: the chairman of the marine board of the national research council. in the united states, a vessel that is carrying passengers is required to conduct their safety briefing normally before the ship pushes out to sea. the international regulations might stipulate that this is done within 24 hours. geraldo: it was 7:00 p.m. local time when the concordia set out to sea. at around 9:30 p.m., it was scheduled to pass giglio, a small rocky island. and, there should have been no mistaking where the vessel was. in addition to her vast array of amenities the concordia was outfitted with state of the art navigation technology and every land mass, every out cropping and rock clearly visible on both electronic and paper charts and the perils of the island would be clearly visible to anyone paying attention and the captain, steered his huge vessel toward the giglio shore. several sources report that the
geraldo: the chairman of the marine board of the national research council. in the united states, a vessel that is carrying passengers is required to conduct their safety briefing normally before the ship pushes out to sea. the international regulations might stipulate that this is done within 24 hours. geraldo: it was 7:00 p.m. local time when the concordia set out to sea. at around 9:30 p.m., it was scheduled to pass giglio, a small rocky island. and, there should have been no mistaking where the vessel was. in addition to her vast array of amenities the concordia was outfitted with state of the art navigation technology and every land mass, every out cropping and rock clearly visible on both electronic and paper charts and the perils of the island would be clearly visible to anyone paying attention and the captain, steered his huge vessel toward the giglio shore. several sources report that the