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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 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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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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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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Italy Cruise Ship Toxins Threaten Wildlife: Activists
It's nursing season in Europe's biggest marine sanctuary and schools of whales have brought their young to Italian shores -- but environmentalists warn they are at risk from toxins leaked by the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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Wrecked Italian Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Refloated
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship floated for the first time Monday since it crashed in 2012, its rust-coloured hull emerging from the waves off the Tuscan island of Giglio as an unprecedented salvage operation began.
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Operation Starts to Refloat Ill-Fated Italian Cruise Ship
An unprecedented operation to refloat the shipwrecked Costa Concordia began on Monday in Italy, with salvage workers attempting to raise the rusty liner from its watery grave on the shores of a rugged Tuscan island.
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Italian Cruise Ship Hulk to Rise From the Waves
An unprecedented operation to refloat the shipwrecked Costa Concordia was set to begin on Monday in Italy, with salvage workers attempting to raise the rusty liner from its watery grave on the shores of a rugged Tuscan island.
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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.
-
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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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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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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Italy Cruise Ship Toxins Threaten Wildlife: Activists
It's nursing season in Europe's biggest marine sanctuary and schools of whales have brought their young to Italian shores -- but environmentalists warn they are at risk from toxins leaked by the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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Wrecked Italian Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Refloated
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship floated for the first time Monday since it crashed in 2012, its rust-coloured hull emerging from the waves off the Tuscan island of Giglio as an unprecedented salvage operation began.
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Operation Starts to Refloat Ill-Fated Italian Cruise Ship
An unprecedented operation to refloat the shipwrecked Costa Concordia began on Monday in Italy, with salvage workers attempting to raise the rusty liner from its watery grave on the shores of a rugged Tuscan island.
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Italian Cruise Ship Hulk to Rise From the Waves
An unprecedented operation to refloat the shipwrecked Costa Concordia was set to begin on Monday in Italy, with salvage workers attempting to raise the rusty liner from its watery grave on the shores of a rugged Tuscan island.
