THE most expensive maritime salvage operation in history was successfully carried out this week, with the slanted hull of the Costa Concordia finally lifted from its watery grave of 20-months off the coast of Giglio, Italy. The operation lasted for 19 hours, running through the entirety of Mon this week...
THE most expensive maritime salvage
operation in history was successfully carried
out this week, with the slanted hull of the
Costa Concordia finally lifted from its watery
grave of 20-months off the coast of Giglio, Italy.
The operation lasted for 19 hours, running
through the entirety of Mon this week and well
into the evening, with cables used to hoist the
ship and tanks that filled with water assisting in
restabilising it once it reached “zero degrees”.
BBC News has released spectacular timelapse
footage capturing the entire 19-hour
operation in a little over a minute – CLICK HERE.
Now that the vessel has been righted, it
will be scoured by investigators for further
evidence against the ship’s captain Francesco
Schettino, who is awaiting trial on 32 counts of
manslaughter and abandoning ship, with the
next step in the case to be heard next week.
Authorities also hope to recover the two
bodies that were never found – those of an
Italian passenger and an Indian waiter – as well
as any valuables contained in stateroom safes
that may be able to be returned to passengers
or their families.
