Norman Atlantic: all passengers rescued by the Italian army.


All were saved: the helicopters of the Italian army managed to recover all the 422 passengers Norman Atlantic. It remains on board, some crew members to inspect the vessel.


Over the last photos published, the violence of the fire is visible, with a huge plume of smoke that escapes basements where were parked very many vehicles. In addition to helicopters, several merchant ships in the rescue of survivors and depositing in the port of Bari in Italy.


The fire broke out Sunday morning at dawn, while the passengers were sleeping. Today shocked they testify.


"The information that we had ... of a sudden everything is off. The only thing they have us say it was the fire in the fire, fire ... and we did not know why there was a fire. There was something that was burning, but there was not much time ... and we could not do much ... I had the impression that in a few minutes, the boat was going to burn. "Demir said to the descent of the merchant ship came to help him.


A judicial inquiry was launched in Italy to know all the circumstances of the tragedy. The balance is at least 5 dead, including a Greek passenger who fell during the rescue operation.






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