One Survivor: The Moby Prince Disaster | Short Documentary
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2024
- The Moby Prince disaster was a maritime disaster resulting in 140 deaths with only 1 survivor. It happened on the late evening of Wednesday 10 April 1991, in the harbour of Livorno, Italy. ...
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Guy finds an extra video and instead of going "Sweet a video i can use as backlog to like, take a week off or something" he just straight uploads it like a madlad.
Thank you!
He's close to a Milli, time to go all out! Click Subscribe People!
@@PlainlyDifficult a good day Of A Bad One !!
I thought youtube was notifying me of an old video which they do sometimes when none of my subcribed channels are posting, but nope, its John uploading an old video he forgot about!
Balls!
"captain's log, mysteriously, was lost"
Somehow I belive, it wasn't lost just accidentally.
Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, agip what happened with the Abruzzo
Leaving port with no radar. Idiocy? Handheld VHF, pointless.
Adding fuel to the fuel in the fire
@@seanworkman431 I believe they had to use the handheld vhf to send the sos because the bridge was on fire and they couldn't reach the regular radio
Dropped overboard.
"plainly difficult videos are produced by me, John, in a currently..."
*leans over to check, looking out the window*
(this is my favorite bit, never change)
Thank you!!
@@PlainlyDifficult Yes, but was that today's weather or the weather on the day you mde the original?
I love hearing what the weather is like in John’s corner of the world
I do that too...
I live in Canada.
@@nlwilson4892 It's not on the day of upload, certainly. The whole of the UK could be experiencing a heatwave and John's video will say it's dull and windy lol.
He is so productive at making these that he forgot one.
:D
I don't care what day it is, when a Plainly Difficult video is uploaded, it's always a good day.
Thank you!!
I thought the same thing . I said to myself it's THURSDAY not Saturday when I saw the notification.
Absolutely
True
Deriving pleasure from misfortune is nasty work.
This is the definition of how I do my school work, "I found this after I made it, I just forgot to turn it/upload it."
Great surprise Thursday video
Glad you liked it!
@@PlainlyDifficult Just glad the dog didn't eat it. An excuse I used often as a school kid.
"testicolo" - giggling like I'm twelve
He had to get the balls in there somewhere.
If only they would have named the ship Moby Dick instead... :P
Same
In remembrance:
Giovanni Abbattista, 45
Stefano Allegrini, 23
Sandrine Alves, 24
Natale Amato, 52
Francesco Ambrosio, 22
Vittorio Ambrosio, 30
Marco Andreazzoli, 28
Mariano Rocco Averta, 36
Antonio Avolio, 45
Nicodemo Baffa, 52
Gerhard Baldauf, 27
Luciano Barbaro, 24
Luca Barsuglia, 24
Umberto Bartolozzi, 48
Sergio Belintende, 31
Gavino Bianco, 40
Alberto Bisbocci, 20
Giuseppe Bommarito, 43
Adriana Botturi, 60
Raimondo Brandano, 60
Antonio Campo, 26
Giovanni Battista Campus, 53
Gianfranco Campus, 21
Angelo Canu, 28
Sara Canu, 5
Ilena Canu, 1
Alessia Caprari, 19
Antonello Cassano, 25
Rosario Castorina, 39
Domenico Cervini, 21
Diego Cesari, 24
Ugo Chessa, 54
Graziano Cinapro, 45
Ciro Cirillo, 25
Tiziana Ciriotti, 22
Giuseppe Congiu, 23
Francesco Crupi, 34
Antonietta Dal Tezzon, 47
Pasquale Dal Zotto, 32
Giovanni D'Antonio, 22
Mauro De Barba, 30
Beatrice De Caritat, 31
Anna Defendenti, 24
Giuseppe De Gennaro, 29
Angelita De Montis, 23
Tatiana De Pretto, 18
Francesco Esposito, 43
Nicola Falanga, 19
Cristina Farnesi, 22
Sabrina Ferraro, 20
Carlo Ferrini, 32
Maria Filigheddu, 40
Giovanni Filippeddu, 46
Mario Fondacaro Mario, 57
Maria Giovanna Formica, 51
Bruno Fratini, 34
Ciro Frulio, 18
Andrea Alfredo Fumagalli, 23
Daniele Furcas, 33
Angelo Fusinato, 58
Antonino Gabelli, 72
Giuseppe Gasparini, 62
Maria Giulia Ghezzani, 57
Piera Giacomelli, 55
Lido Giampedroni, 29
Giorgio Gianoli, 29
Priscilla Giardini, 23
Alessandra Giglio, 26
Erminio Gnerre, 29
Giuseppina Granatelli, 27
Gerardo Guida, 23
Gino Guizzo, 52
Salvatore Ilari, 31
Gaspare La Vespa, 31
Giuseppe Lazzarini, 32
Romana Lazzarini, 22
Raffaella Lipparelli, 50
Giuseppe Manca, 48
Maria Marcon, 83
Giuseppina Martignago, 46
Angelo Massa, 30
Francesco Mazzitelli, 56
Maria Mela, 44
Giovanni V. Minutti, 50
Gabriele Molaro, 35
Aldo Mori, 52
Paolo Mura, 34
Giovanna Padovan, 54
Aniello Padula, 44
Vladimiro Pagnini, 59
Vincenzo Paino, 34
Maurizio Parrella, 15
Ignazio Pasqualino, 36
Rosanna Paternicò, 43
Arnaldo Perazzoni, 28
Luigi Perez De Vera, 24
Rocco Pernice, 41
Arcangelo Picone, 34
Pasqualino Piu, 28
Pasquale Porciello, 23
Silvana Prini, 38
Mauro Prola, 27
Bernard Regnier, 53
Liana Rispoli, 29
Monica Rizzi, 27
Umberto Rizzi, 47
Salvatore Rizzo, 29
Antonio Rodi, 41
Rosario Romano, 24
Cesare Romboni, 56
Amelio Roncarati, 54
Sergio Rosetti, 52
Vania Rota, 22
Ernesto Saccaro, 50
Ivan Saccaro, 17
Giuliano Salsi, 41
Nicola Salvemini, 35
Massimo Sansone, 26
Roberto Santini, 53
Gianfranco Sari, 39
Salvatore Scanu, 73
Giuseppe Sciacca, 53
Mario Scuotto, 31
Maria Antonia Serra, 54
Gerardo Sicignano, 34
Maria Rosa Simoncini, 25
Antonio Sini, 42
Gabriella Soro, 29
Mara Stellati, 44
Giovanni Tagliamonte, 36
Giulio Timpano, 29
Ranieri Trevisan, 30
Rino Trevisan, 58
Francesco Tumeo, 58
Alessandro Vacca, 37
Raimondo Vidili, 22
Giuliano Vigerelli, 44
Carlo Vigliani, 31
Roberto Vinattieri, 44
Ciro Vitiello, 31
And to Alessio Bertrand, the sole survivor.
Reast in peace poor souls, may you be with God
John the Baptist!? Lol
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 common name in Italy until some 40/50 years ago. My father was also a "Giovanni Battista". Instead "Battista" alone was more used in the south of IT.
Holy shit
Thank you for this. It's one thing to hear "140 people perished", it's quite another to see the names of all of them listed out. I just kept scrolling and scrolling. Those poor souls....
Just a bit of additional context on how it was possible nobody knew of the Prince until an hour after the collision:
The ship's bridge and radio room were at the front, just behind the bow, and were the first to be drenched in oil and set ablaze.
That's why they weren't able to shut off AC and had to send their maydays with small, hand-held emergency radios.
According to some reports they might have even tried to send a first mayday from the main radio before evacuating the bridge but it was probably jammed by the tanker's owns maydays as she had a far more powerful radio.
The smoke from the burning crude oil quickly formed a litteral "wall" between the coast and the burning ships, so dense and black that the raging fires, probably visible from space, were completely hidden from the harbour just some hundred meters away.
That's why the burning ferry was found only an hour later by some tugboats.
Thank you for the info.xx
Maybe they need to add sirens to boats so they could at least be found audibly
@@zzoinks Many do. But when you're in a literal smokescreen, it's incredibly difficult to find someone. Sound tends to bounce off the surface of the water, making it difficult to pinpoint the source.
All Plainly Difficult videos are consumed by me, Nick, in a currently.....wet and mild corner of southern North Carolina, USA.
Thanks for another good one!
Likewise for Mary Beth, in central NC.
It was rather hot and sunny today here in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. I hate summer time 🥵
Remember kids, if you gotta park your oil tanker don't park it right outside the exit of the harbor
Those bastards
Bit harsh... Go to the mirror.
@@MothKeeper elaborate
@@Momo_Kawashima i can elaborate, i can dance, i can cook, i can build, i can drive, i can do alot of things... but what i won't do is elaborate for you... unless you delete your youtube account and leave the online world in peace.
@@MothKeeper what's the matter with you? Too much chili last night? The hell did they do to you to be so sour for no reason?
Opened my yourube to listen to a podcast at work and saw a plainly difficult that's 15 seconds old. Basically won the UA-cam lottery. If you're reading the first comments, Jon I love your work and how much effort you put into them!
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Absolutely agree! John is good at what he does. Thanks!!
Yourube?????
@@ImaPickle28I think... Can't be totally sure, that they probably mean UA-cam... But autocorrect gets in the way. Dunno tho could be way off, just a guess... Lol 🙄🙄
Of course the cause of this accident was never officially resolved but my experience with Moby Lines was let's say very sketchy. In 2003 at the age of 16 I went to Sardegna with a group my age and some adults which had a look at us. We were on this very same route on board the Moby Magic and two weeks later went back on the Moby Fantasy, the identical sister ship of the Magic. Both ships were filthy and in terrible condition with broken outlets, wires hanging around, doors not closing or broken etc. The kicker is two weeks after we were back home the Moby Magic collided with a rock and had to be evacuated. It was scrapped after this. Three years later the Moby Fantasy collided with another ship. This happens a bit too often with them for my taste.
Careful with what you say, they may give you the Boeing treatment
To be one of the rescue workers who found this vessel after the tanker would have been a soul crushing experience, my sympathy to them.
Italian guy here. I didn't look at the thumbnail, but the moment John mentioned Livorno I immediately remembered the Moby Prince.
And I haven't heard what actually happened before (I was four at the time), it's just that infamous.
Bonus PD Video? Sign me up. Nothing like a human disaster to help thru a work day.
Bon Appetite
I'm still laughing with the Testicolo instead of the usual Balls 😂
When in Rome... 😉
I expect a video with a German maritime accident like the sinking of MS Munchen someone saying “Bälle”.
I half expected palle. It’s been forever since I spelled it but it’s perfect either way.
Why on a Thursday?
John gave an excuse - down the back of the sofa
Real reason - John is out to confuse us.
Its a smoke screen
@@PlainlyDifficult I see what you did there.
@@PlainlyDifficult
😅😂🤣👏
I don't understand why the port controllers didn't notice that the Moby Prince wasn't responding to any calls (or why the vessel didn't have a harbor pilot). Did that port not have any of that (or were no broadcasts made to account for all vessels in the area)?
If the ship was making a regular run then chances are several of the ships crew are qualified to be pilots at the harbor a they visit
Thank you for highlighting the worst maritime disaster of my Country post-WW2.
The digital equivalent of finding it behind the couch 😂
the timing in this is incredible. i JUST watched the Fascinating Horror * video on this yesterday. the transcript of the Mayday calls made me cry
ETA* i mixed up the channels
thank you!
@@PlainlyDifficultthank YOU for another great upload! i regularly binge your videos - some of my favorites! you covered one local to me recently so i made sure to share it along (:
@@LightBlueVanshi! I don’t want you to think I’m some thirsty dude trying to make a creepy move, so from one woman to another, I just wanted to let you know that you’re very pretty! 😊
@@Spooky_Platypusthat’s so sweet! 😭💜 thank you!
You, sir, are a legend. Could've chosen to save this and taken a week off, but you just gave us an extra upload for no reason.
You could you just slide it this saturday and take a week off but decided to just give us a bonus this week and continue as usual, the mad man!
So proud of you, John! All your hardwork has paid off. Can't wait to see 1 million subs and that's just the beginning.
Thank you!!
This is why you want to be out on the deck when the sip leaves port: any accident, and still you'll have a living chance if you jump into the water and manage to swim back to a pier. Not a large chance, it's a tense situation and many things can go wrong, but you do stand a chance to survive. If you're inside, then yeah, it's like being trapped in a mine during a methane leak.
Depends how far you have to jump into the water... hitting it from a height is like hitting concrete. Maybe if you dive properly?
Still would be a preferable way to go than fire probably... so would the smoke.
"I know what youre thinking, its thursday..."
That is in fact exactly what i was thinking when i saw it show up
😉
I thought it was actually Saturday and I'd lost track of time
I’m retired. I never know what day it is 😊
Combination of issues... The tanker parking not at the designed place... Probably planned to faster launch later. The ferry moving off course due to another ship, which, if military, probably did deliberately things to be not well known about its presence, and turned off radar in zero sight. Low quality radio...
The oil tanker hull probably not quite a double hull.
So adding up, so many unsafe practices sums to the fatal catastrophe...
Biggest issue was not seeing the oil tanker and running into it. The naval academy (800 feet away) and multiple witnesses on scene before and after the accident said that it was perfect visibility no fog present. In addition a video was shown in court that showed clear and fair conditions and the Captain of the Guardia di Finanza also testified that "at the time the weather was excellent, and the sea was calm and visibility was perfect." and he was there prior to the accident and helped with rescue efforts. So I don't believe the radar being off played any roll in this accident.
One of my most fave channels. Keep up the good work, John! I’ve been here since the early days…
You deserve every like and subscription
Thanks! Will do! thank you so much!!
I don’t know if you’ll see this Jon, but a big part of my playlist is historical disasters, in particular planes and ships, and you BY FAR are my favorite creator for these topics! I love all your videos but boy oh boy! Do I ever get a thrill when I see it’s about a ship!
Keep up the amazing work Jon! We appreciate your time and what you do!❤
"So, let's check out this video I found down the back of the sofa."😂 ...and THIS is why John is the true King of UA-cam!
A Thursday plainly difficult upload? What an amazing surprise!
Thank you I hope you enjoy!!
Bruh how do you produce an amazing video and just forget about it? You're a legend. Love the content as always.
I don't care what day it is, it's always a good day when a Plainly Difficult video is uploaded
Waking up to a Plainly DIfficult video on a Thursday made me day. Thanks John!
I have trouble doing baasic work on a day to day basis and you're straight up doing enough work to forget about entire videos?
Some people, man. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you! Its family and 2 jobs that does it!!
One thing I had learnt from watching these videos is that if something looks wrong on ship, like, seeing smoke, just get the hell out of it, don't wait for crew order.
But well, it happened at night, I might not woke up as like many people in there. :(
You should've also noticed that disasters are MORE likely to happen at night, so be ready...🤦
I don't enjoy disasters. But I like documentaries, and a disaster situation is an excellent subject for short documentary videos - disasters unfold in a way that can be condensed into a video, and have characteristics and effects that can be shown in a logical way; and then, the investigation which will produce a report of some kind which can provide the basis for summary and conclusion elements. It's a cadence that engages me mentally, and when narrated by John and presented with his skill, results in a UA-cam clip I am always happy to see suggested by the algorithm and always enjoy watching.
Hello from Australia...love your vids as always and your voice helps me fall asleep ❤
Thank yiu
The love and support in the comments for a sincere and hardworking youtuber is always heartwarming!
Very warm thank you for the bonus video!
Thank you too!
Thank you John for an extra video, you are incredible!
I was just about to ask why today and you immediately answered in the first seconds , great service 10/10, PD video before Saturday is a blessing
Thank you Bon appetite
I must say for whatever reason I enjoy the Southern London weather report at the end of the video.
This was a particularly tragic story. Thanks for the effort in going through the records to explain this one. Some of your videos must give you nightmares when you make them.
I'm angry at myself that i forgot to subscribe beforehand. This man makes incredibly informative and enjoyable content, perfect for relaxing and multitasking
John, I can't believe you're almost at a million! Been watching for years, super pround man, you deserve all the popularity!
Thanks for the bonus vid to help me through the night shift!
I hope you get to 1 million soon, you tell great stories. Well deserved!
Truly a honorable endeavor to upload this as an extra unscheduled video. Keep up the hard work John!
And sorry if I spelled your name incorrectly lol
Thank you for being a consistently great channel
Glad you enjoy it!
Thanks for the bonus video man.
made my day a little bit better seeing this pop up. thank you for this
Finally a documentary on the Moby Prince, and from the best short documentary channel on youtube.
Thanks, I was eagerly waiting for your video on the Moby Prince
Great to see you almost hitting a million subs mate, you deserve it.
I subscribed around 200k and didn't even realize how large the number had grown since then. Congrats!!! I hope you hit a million soon!!
Thank you!!
Love you man, watching for so long :)
Thank you!!
Thanks for putting this video up
No problem
Really appreciate the work you put into your content. Making original, factual content seems to be a fading art on YT.
And it requires so much actual research. Love that he cites his sources.
Thursday video, this cheered me up a bit. I woke up exhausted for no reason. Thank you Jon, for all the work you do on these videos, and informing us of the mistakes of the past so we may learn from them.
My pleasure!
Feel better, friend! ❤
Actual pain. Amazing video!
Love you, John. You keep me both entertained and educated. You are a scholar and a gentleman!
Another great video! Love the 'Testicolo'!
Amazing work again John!
Thank you! Cheers!
Crazy this channel doesn't have more subscribers. Top notch quality.
Have you thought about covering the Scandinavian Star disaster in a future video? Its circumstances are very similar to the Moby Prince disaster: Fire on board, 159 people died, most of them due to suffocation instead of burning. However, the fire came from within the ship and was caused by deliberate arson. It was able to spread due to a terrible chain of neglect, bad luck and bad planning of the ship. And the reason why someone lighted the fire in the first place is still unknown to this day: At first, people thought that a mad arsonist caused the fire, but in more recent years, more and more evidence and speculations point towards insurance fraud, making this not only one of the biggest and most influencial maritime disasters, but also one of the biggest unresolved criminal cases.
Love your videos , keep up the great work x
Thank you!!
Glad you uploaded because Ive been watching you for years and only just realized I'm not even subscribed. 1 mil coming right up sir
What an absolutely lovely Thursday surprise. I love extra videos
Thank you for your research, much appreciated
Yay, surprise video, thank you so much for doing these. Have you ever considered working with Well There's Your Problem crew? They do long-form content like this and both of you have a good sense of humor.
This one escaped my memory. Thanks for the upload.
I’m glad you found it, ty 💜
Thanks for the extra video 😊 enjoying your content always a lot!
Glad you enjoy it!
@@PlainlyDifficult i do, your videos are also great to listen to while doing arts, podcast-style. 😊 But i appreciate the technical explanations and plans a lot with the illustrations as i am no expert in such topics but have great interest in learning more about them.
AWESOME!!! Off-day surprise videos are just grand!!
Glad you like them!
love your work!
Thank you!!
God damn, an extra video, immaculate my guy✨️👌
I've been enjoying your videos for a while now and only just realized I wasn't subscribed! what?! Definitely subscribed now! Hope you reach that 1 mil! ❤
Bonus video! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I watch a lot of these ship disasters and this is the first time I’ve heard of this. Thanks.
I don’t normally subscribe to channels but you deserve a sub for the bonus video and being so close to 1M 👍
Thank you!!
John you’re worthy of a million subs. Carry on
Crew abandoning ship before passengers should be prosecuted for murder.
How? They all died.
Good thing I keep an eye out lmao perfect video to watch after work
As if I don't already have trouble remembering what day it is! 😄 Thanks for the "bonus", John!
Feels a bit nostalgic for some reason, watching a vid from last year
But as always, any day that PD uploads is gonna be a fantastic day!
You are so close to a million subscribers congratulations 🎉
I can smell it !
Bonus video! Thank you Mr. Melancholia man.
Huh, you have a schedule. I just thought you uploaded at random times.
Great video to watch during breakfast
Your voice is so soothing.
Don't care that it's thursday, always happy with a new upload!
Thank you!!
Congratz on 1M, it's a sure thing. In fact, 2M will be here before you know it!
Check behind all your furniture cushions, please...
[Regia Marine: Please, God, no! He'll find another Italian nautical tragedy!]
[PD: I don't need to find another Italian nautical tragedy, not when Drachinifel has already covered Cape Matapan.]
[Regia Marine: there's the Andrea Doria...]
:D
"Marina Militare" :P
Always a good day when you upload, I only wish the vids were longer ❤❤😂😂😂
You spent all that time and effort to make a video and forgotten about it, it is like you found £1M under your sofa that you forgot was there from day 1 😂
All of us are happy to have a bonus video. Hope you have a great weekend.
I wish more youtubers had your attitude john!
Almost a MILLION subs!?!??? Wow!! Congratulations! 1 mil very soon!!!!
Thank you!!
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