Costa Concordia Capsize

On the evening of January 13, 2012, Umberto Trotti heard the terrified cries of his wife and baby in the lifeboat below, and threw himself off the capsizing Italian cruise ship.

Three years after he lost his life in the Costa Concordia ship capsize off the coast of Italy, Russel Rebello was laid to rest near his home in Naigaon, in Mumbai's outskirts, on Sunday. His remains had been found on November 3, 2014, on the eighth floor of the sunken ship, and Mr Rebello's family have expressed gratitude for the closure.

Ship horns blared on Sunday as the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner limped into the Italian port of Genoa to be scrapped two and a half years after it capsized in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.

Engineers are declaring success after the Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled upright during a 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany.

The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright early Tuesday during a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany, with officials declaring it a "perfect" end to a daring and unprecedented engineering feat.

Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner announced on Saturday.

Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies on Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said. Italy's national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation off a Tuscan island, said three of the bodies were recovered a...

Three days back, in a local church on the small island of Giglio in Italy, congregated a crowd of people for a prayer service. Exactly a month ago, they had seen the Italian luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia hit a reef and capsize some distance from their land. They were gathered in the church to offer prayers for those who lost their lives or lo...

Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday.

The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers on Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.

The Indian Embassy in Italy threw some valuable light on the status of the 201 Indian crew members who were on board the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia, when it capsized on Friday night. First Secretary at the Embassy Vishwesh Negi revealed that 25 of them were likely to board Air Italia flights to Dubai, from where they would be taking conne...

"Standing at the edge of the deck, I left everything in the hands of the Almighty, and just jumped," said Jason D'Silva. And the Almighty must have been listening, as it was this very leap of faith -- off the capsizing Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia and onto a teetering lifeboat tossing in the choppy waters -- that miraculously saved the crew...

The grounding and capsizing of the Costa Concordia has raised questions about the safety of the ever-increasing size of cruise ships. But experts say that these new megaships have the latest safety and navigation technology and pose little risk to passengers despite their gargantuan bulk.

Italian media say five more bodies have been found aboard a cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Tuscany, raising the official death toll to 11.

The UN's maritime agency may re-examine international safety regulations for large passenger ships in the wake of the Italian liner disaster, the organisation said today. Italian rescuers were desperately searching for at least 15 missing people off the Tuscan coast today following the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which has killed...

On the evening of January 13, 2012, Umberto Trotti heard the terrified cries of his wife and baby in the lifeboat below, and threw himself off the capsizing Italian cruise ship.

Three years after he lost his life in the Costa Concordia ship capsize off the coast of Italy, Russel Rebello was laid to rest near his home in Naigaon, in Mumbai's outskirts, on Sunday. His remains had been found on November 3, 2014, on the eighth floor of the sunken ship, and Mr Rebello's family have expressed gratitude for the closure.

Ship horns blared on Sunday as the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner limped into the Italian port of Genoa to be scrapped two and a half years after it capsized in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.

Engineers are declaring success after the Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled upright during a 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany.

The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright early Tuesday during a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany, with officials declaring it a "perfect" end to a daring and unprecedented engineering feat.

Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner announced on Saturday.

Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies on Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said. Italy's national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation off a Tuscan island, said three of the bodies were recovered a...

Three days back, in a local church on the small island of Giglio in Italy, congregated a crowd of people for a prayer service. Exactly a month ago, they had seen the Italian luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia hit a reef and capsize some distance from their land. They were gathered in the church to offer prayers for those who lost their lives or lo...

Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday.

The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers on Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.

The Indian Embassy in Italy threw some valuable light on the status of the 201 Indian crew members who were on board the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia, when it capsized on Friday night. First Secretary at the Embassy Vishwesh Negi revealed that 25 of them were likely to board Air Italia flights to Dubai, from where they would be taking conne...

"Standing at the edge of the deck, I left everything in the hands of the Almighty, and just jumped," said Jason D'Silva. And the Almighty must have been listening, as it was this very leap of faith -- off the capsizing Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia and onto a teetering lifeboat tossing in the choppy waters -- that miraculously saved the crew...

The grounding and capsizing of the Costa Concordia has raised questions about the safety of the ever-increasing size of cruise ships. But experts say that these new megaships have the latest safety and navigation technology and pose little risk to passengers despite their gargantuan bulk.

Italian media say five more bodies have been found aboard a cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Tuscany, raising the official death toll to 11.

The UN's maritime agency may re-examine international safety regulations for large passenger ships in the wake of the Italian liner disaster, the organisation said today. Italian rescuers were desperately searching for at least 15 missing people off the Tuscan coast today following the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which has killed...