Genoa: Four Dead As Ship Crashes Into Port

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 08 Mei 2013 | 18.46

At least four people have died and six persons are missing after a container ship smashed into a control tower in the port of Genoa.

Genoa Port Boat Accident The incident happened at around 11pm local time

Unconfirmed reports have suggested engine failure of the Jolly Nero ship could have been to blame for the crash after one of the pilots was quoted as saying: "Two engines seem to have failed and we lost control of the ship."

Part of the tower in which about 14 people were present at the time of the accident crashed into the water.

One of the victims was thought to be a woman in her 30s, while at least two of the others are men. Six persons have been reported seriously injured.

Firefighters look at a part of the collapsed control tower at the port in Genoa Rescuers examine what's left of the control tower

Some of those missing are understood to have been trapped under rubble or in a lift which may have fallen into the sea.

Some rescue workers dived into the water around the port in a frantic search to find survivors while others have been using dogs trained to find people in earthquake zones to see if survivors were trapped under the rubble.

At daybreak a mobile telephone began to ring beneath the wrecked structure raising hopes of locating survivors, but it rang off before rescue workers could locate the sound.

The mangled remains of the Genoa port control tower after being toppled by a cargo ship. Firefighters inspect the scene of a damaged control tower

Italian emergency workers found one badly injured man in the rubble of the control tower.

The man worked as a telephone operator and was named by locally as 50-year-old Maurizio Potenza. 

An employee of the Messina Line company, based in Genoa which owns the vessel, said: "there was an accident when the ship was leaving the port".

ITALY Ship 7 Rescue workers dived into the water in a frantic search for survivors

"It ran into the tower, but we don't know 'why' at this point, nor how many people are hurt," he added.

Claudio Burlando, president of the Liguria region that is home to the northwestern port city, told SKY TG 24 that the ship was being conducted by an on-board pilot and two tug boats, one in front and one behind."

"It was a manoeuvre done hundreds of times. We're all wondering what could have happened," he said.

The collapsed control tower is pictured at Genoa's port harbour One man has been found badly injured in the rubble of the tower

"The weather conditions were perfect, there was no wind, there were no other ships on the move," Luigi Merlo, the head of Genoa's port authority, told reporters.

The accident happened during a shift change at the vast metal tower, which meant more people were present.

The tower bent over by 45 degrees before collapsing, leaving only what looked like an emergency staircase standing.

Genoa Port Boat Accident The port control tower before the incident

Roberto, the port's night watch, told La Repubblica newspaper: "I heard a terrible din and rushed out of my cabin. It was an incredible sight: the control tower was leaning perilously."

The Jolly Nero is almost 200m (655ft) long, 30m (98ft) wide, and weighs over 40,500 tonnes.

The ship's owner, Stefano Messina, choked back tears as he said: "We are all utterly shocked. Nothing like this has ever happened before."

Jolly Nero Ship Crashed In Genoa The Jolly Nero weighs over 40,500 tonnes

The Jolly Nero's captain is being questioned by police.

Italians are still reeling from the Costa Concordia night-time shipwreck off Giglio island in 2012 which left 32 people dead.

Hearings against six suspects in the cruise liner disaster began in Italy on April 15 2013.


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