Costa Concordia Floats
Engineers say they have successfully raised the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to an upright position after a 19-hour operation. Thirty-two people died when the Concordia hit a reef and half-submerged on its side on Jan. 13, 2012. Ref. USAToday
Human remains have been found on the Costa Concordia, Italy's civil protection agency said today. The discovery of the remains comes a week after engineers righted the ship.
The cruise ship was carrying 4,200 people when it ran aground and capsized off Italy's Giglio Island in 2012. The bodies of 30 victims were recovered, but two people, Russel Rebello of India and Maria Grazia Trecarichi of Sicily, are missing.
Divers will try to recover the remains today, the agency says. Ref. CNN
Costa Concordia captain convicted of multiple charges of manslaughter, sentenced to 16 years
Prosecutors had said that the failure of Costa Concordia's captain, Francesco Schettino, to promptly order an evacuation of the cruise ship was the reason 32 people died in the Jan. 13, 2012 shipwreck near the Italian island of Giglio. Ref. USAToday