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Old 09-16-11, 10:31 AM   #4
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Update:
The ship has reportedly reached 21.7 degrees. this is beyond the maxium 20 degrees that she was designed to take. however, she remains afloat and salvage teams have deployed pumps in the vessel. she is already responding to these pumps, with the list being reduced slowly.
A more detailed article can be found here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=140526998

Update 2:
Salvage teams have been able to reduce the ship's list to about 17 degrees, Norway's VG-TV reports. That brings it below the "critical line" of 20 degrees, at which tipping over was thought to be a serious danger.

The crew should be commended for there actions during this fire, they appear to have acted beyond the call of duty to ensure all passengers were evacuated in a calm but timely manner.
The two crew that lost there lives in the engineroom were an 18 year old apprentice and a 57 year old experienced engineer. May they rest in peace.
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