Italy Cruise Ship Toll

• Tragedies at sea: The Sewol and the Costa Concordia

  The causes may be very different and the toll far heavier but Italian media have pointed to similarities between the ferry disaster of the Sewol in South Korea and the Costa Concordia cruise ship crash in 2012.

• Divers find 8 more bodies in Italy luxury cruise wreckage

  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...

• Italian divers find 12th body as search of cruise ship resumes

  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.

• I am not going back: Captain of Italian ship told port official

  In the hours after cruise liner Costa Concordia struck rocks off Italy, a port official urged Captain Francesco Schettino, who had abandoned ship, to return on board and help evacuation efforts.

• Timeline of Italian cruise ship disaster

  Here is a timeline of the disaster, based on official statements and eyewitness accounts.

• Italy cruise disaster: Captain denies abandoning ship as toll rises to 11

  A recording of a telephone exchange as the disaster unfolded showed that captain Francesco Schettino ignored an order to return to the vessel after it hit rocks.

• Italy cruise tragedy: Five more bodies found, toll rises to 11

  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.