The Moby Prince ferry tragedy: what happened on April 10, 1991 – Indexes

It was a clear spring evening that of April 10, 1991when in the Livorno harbor, at 10.25 pm, the ferry Moby Prince of the Navarma collided with the Agip Abruzzo, a Snam tanker, 2.7 miles from the coast.

Video The Moby Prince ferry tragedy: what happened on April 10, 1991

To know more ANSA Agency Moby Prince, the first news from the ANSA archives – News – Ansa.it Launch at 11.52pm, collision between two ships in front of the port of Livorno (ANSA)

It was hell: 140 passengers and crew of the Moby died. He was saved alone Alessio Bertrand, hub of the ferry which, having left at 10pm, was headed to Olbia. Everyone safe on the Agip ship. It was the greatest tragedy of the Italian navy, so far without culprits and with many mysteries.

To know more ANSA Agency Alessio Bertrand, sole survivor on the Moby Prince: ‘I can’t rest’ – News – Ansa.it On Tg1, ‘I told the rescuers, let’s recover someone else’ (ANSA)

The bow of the Moby penetrated the tanker number 7 of the oil tanker: the crude oil poured onto the ferry which transformed into an immense torch with the ignition of the flames, perhaps caused by the friction of the sheets of metal. There are various hypotheses as to why it happened: fog, speeding, an explosion, a failure in the on-board equipment.

To know more ANSA Agency Moby Prince: 33 years after the tragedy, the initiatives in Livorno – News – Ansa.it Wednesday 10 April marks the 33rd anniversary of the Moby Prince tragedy, the greatest disaster of the Italian civil navy, which occurred in front of the port of Livorno. (HANDLE)

Help certainly arrived late: the ferry was only spotted at 11.35pm. An ‘Ustica del mare’ for the families of the victims who, after decades of investigations, trials and distorted and demolished truths, continue to ask that Parliament investigate further to clarify things once and for all. A first parliamentary commission worked to shed light on the tragedy. The conclusions, arrived in 2018, also led to the reopening of the investigations by the Livorno prosecutor’s office.

To know more ANSA Agency Moby Prince: one of the rescuers, it was a night of apocalypse – News – Ansa.it One of the two mooring men who saved the only survivor speaks (ANSA)

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