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**Galaxy**

The date was already regarded by the tiny Tuscan island's inhabitants as inauspicious because it was on January Friday 13 that the massive cruise liner hit a rock and capsized with the loss of more than 30 lives.

Fears of a second maritime disaster came back to haunt the island exactly 90 days since the tragedy when a Russian merchant ship got into trouble just 300 yards off the island on Friday – also the 13th.

The vessel was carrying grain to Sardinia when it hit rough weather off Giglio and had to halt its course.

There were fears that high winds and stormy seas could push it onto the island's rocky shore, but after a few hours the danger passed and the ship was able to continue on its way to the port of Oristano.

"No peace for Giglio, Russian merchant ship stalls 300 metres from the coast," was the headline on Corriere della Sera's website.

"When the islanders saw the ship stop just 300 metres from the coast of Giglio, right opposite the port, where the Concordia disaster happened exactly three months ago, many people thought the nightmare was about to be repeated," the newspaper said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...close.html

**Mach1.4**

Galaxy Wrote:

The date was already regarded by the tiny Tuscan island's inhabitants as inauspicious because it was on January Friday 13 that the massive cruise liner hit a rock and capsized with the loss of more than 30 lives.

Fears of a second maritime disaster came back to haunt the island exactly 90 days since the tragedy when a Russian merchant ship got into trouble just 300 yards off the island on Friday – also the 13th.

The vessel was carrying grain to Sardinia when it hit rough weather off Giglio and had to halt its course.

There were fears that high winds and stormy seas could push it onto the island's rocky shore, but after a few hours the danger passed and the ship was able to continue on its way to the port of Oristano.

"No peace for Giglio, Russian merchant ship stalls 300 metres from the coast," was the headline on Corriere della Sera's website.

"When the islanders saw the ship stop just 300 metres from the coast of Giglio, right opposite the port, where the Concordia disaster happened exactly three months ago, many people thought the nightmare was about to be repeated," the newspaper said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...close.html

It's very unusual... what if the gps systems are telling totally wrong data?