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"Was To Be Our Best Experience": Survivors Recount Italy Ship Disaster
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.
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Costa Concordia Captain Sentenced to 16 Years for 2012 Shipwreck
An Italian court sentenced the former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner to 16 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people off the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio.
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Costa Concordia Captain Claims Ship Was 30 Seconds From Avoiding Disaster
The Italian ex-captain of the doomed Costa Concordia claimed at his manslaughter trial Saturday that "with 30 more seconds" -- and warning from his crew -- the cruise ship's deadly crash could have been averted.
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Costa Concordia Captain Says Gravity Forced Him Off Disaster Ship
The captain of the Costa Concordia told his manslaughter trial Wednesday that gravity not cowardice had been behind his decision to abandon ship with passengers and crew still aboard.
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Costa Concordia Captain Admits 'Showing Off' When Cruise Ship Steered Onto Rocks
Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino told a court Tuesday that he was showing off when he steered the cruise ship onto rocks off the Italian island of Giglio.
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Last Body, Believed to be of Indian Waiter, Found on Wrecked Costa Concordia
The body of the last missing victim of Italy's 2012 cruise ship disaster was found on Monday on board the wrecked Costa Concordia, which is being dismantled in Genoa, Italian media reported.
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Human Remains Found in Italy Cruise Ship Wreck
Salvage workers discovered fragments of bone inside the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship Wednesday, but Italy's civil protection agency said it was too early to say whether they belonged to the last missing victim of the 2012 disaster.
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Furore after Concordia Captain Gives Seminar
A Rome university professor is facing a disciplinary hearing after inviting the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to lecture students on emergency procedures.
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Man Who Honeymooned on Concordia Part of Team Dismantling Ship: Report
A man who spent his honeymoon on the Costa Concordia is now part of a team dismantling the cruise ship wreck, two and a half years after it was holed and sank off Italy, according to La Stampa daily.
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Wrecked Costa Concordia Enters Italian Port to be Scrapped
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.
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Costa Concordia Nears Italian Port to be Broken Up for Scrap
The wreck of the Costa Concordia arrived on Sunday off the northern Italian city of Genoa where it will be broken up for scrap, two-and-a-half years after the cruise liner ran aground and sank near the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people.
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Wrecked Italian Costa Concordia Begins Final Voyage
Italy's once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise liner embarked on its last voyage on Wednesday, as tug boats began towing it from island wreck site to scrapyard grave in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history.
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Italy's Giant Cruise Wreck Begins Final Voyage as Survivors Look on
Italy's Costa Concordia will set sail on its final voyage on Wednesday as survivors look on, two and a half years after the luxury cruise ship crashed and sank in a night-time disaster that left 32 people dead.
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Italian Cruise Ship Wreck Prepared for Final Voyage
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship is being readied for its final voyage to the scrapyard on Tuesday, two and a half years after it crashed into an idyllic Mediterranean island in a disaster that claimed 32 lives.
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Bad Weather Slows Italy Cruise Ship Wreck Removal
Strong winds have slowed work to refloat and tow the Costa Concordia cruise ship from Italy's Giglio Island which could delay a planned departure on Monday, salvage workers said.
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"Was To Be Our Best Experience": Survivors Recount Italy Ship Disaster
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.
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Costa Concordia Captain Sentenced to 16 Years for 2012 Shipwreck
An Italian court sentenced the former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner to 16 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people off the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio.
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Costa Concordia Captain Claims Ship Was 30 Seconds From Avoiding Disaster
The Italian ex-captain of the doomed Costa Concordia claimed at his manslaughter trial Saturday that "with 30 more seconds" -- and warning from his crew -- the cruise ship's deadly crash could have been averted.
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Costa Concordia Captain Says Gravity Forced Him Off Disaster Ship
The captain of the Costa Concordia told his manslaughter trial Wednesday that gravity not cowardice had been behind his decision to abandon ship with passengers and crew still aboard.
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Costa Concordia Captain Admits 'Showing Off' When Cruise Ship Steered Onto Rocks
Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino told a court Tuesday that he was showing off when he steered the cruise ship onto rocks off the Italian island of Giglio.
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Last Body, Believed to be of Indian Waiter, Found on Wrecked Costa Concordia
The body of the last missing victim of Italy's 2012 cruise ship disaster was found on Monday on board the wrecked Costa Concordia, which is being dismantled in Genoa, Italian media reported.
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Human Remains Found in Italy Cruise Ship Wreck
Salvage workers discovered fragments of bone inside the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship Wednesday, but Italy's civil protection agency said it was too early to say whether they belonged to the last missing victim of the 2012 disaster.
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Furore after Concordia Captain Gives Seminar
A Rome university professor is facing a disciplinary hearing after inviting the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to lecture students on emergency procedures.
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Man Who Honeymooned on Concordia Part of Team Dismantling Ship: Report
A man who spent his honeymoon on the Costa Concordia is now part of a team dismantling the cruise ship wreck, two and a half years after it was holed and sank off Italy, according to La Stampa daily.
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Wrecked Costa Concordia Enters Italian Port to be Scrapped
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.
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Costa Concordia Nears Italian Port to be Broken Up for Scrap
The wreck of the Costa Concordia arrived on Sunday off the northern Italian city of Genoa where it will be broken up for scrap, two-and-a-half years after the cruise liner ran aground and sank near the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people.
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Wrecked Italian Costa Concordia Begins Final Voyage
Italy's once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise liner embarked on its last voyage on Wednesday, as tug boats began towing it from island wreck site to scrapyard grave in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history.
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Italy's Giant Cruise Wreck Begins Final Voyage as Survivors Look on
Italy's Costa Concordia will set sail on its final voyage on Wednesday as survivors look on, two and a half years after the luxury cruise ship crashed and sank in a night-time disaster that left 32 people dead.
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Italian Cruise Ship Wreck Prepared for Final Voyage
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship is being readied for its final voyage to the scrapyard on Tuesday, two and a half years after it crashed into an idyllic Mediterranean island in a disaster that claimed 32 lives.
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Bad Weather Slows Italy Cruise Ship Wreck Removal
Strong winds have slowed work to refloat and tow the Costa Concordia cruise ship from Italy's Giglio Island which could delay a planned departure on Monday, salvage workers said.
