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Giglio tragedy: Cosmo-SkyMed ready to intervene. Aerospace technology for the environment

Rome, Italy - The system will be activated on "Emergency Mode" in case of fuel spillage

The Italian Space Agency (ASI) website reported that the COSMO-SkyMed satellite system is controlling the island of Giglio, where the "Costa Concordia" cruise ship sank last Friday causing the death of eleven people and twenty-nine still missing until now. A tragic event, both in human and economic terms, apart from the risk of an environmental disaster in case of a fuel spillage. During the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1137033
Rome, Italy, 01/18/2012 18:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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