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In photos – the Costa Concordia disaster

by | 14th, January 2012

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In this photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, Francesco Schettino the captain of the luxury cruiser Costa Concordia, which ran aground off Italy's Tuscan coast, enters a Carabinieri car in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy. A helicopter on Sunday airlifted a third survivor from the capsized hulk of a luxury cruise ship 36 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast, as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the captain for manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Enzo Russo)

THE 13-deck Costa Concordia cruise liner has run aground close to the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Rocks tore a 160-foot (50-meter) hole in the hull. Not all of the 4,234 people on board the Cost aConcordia managed to escape. One woman, aged 65, died from the chock of the cold water. Sixty eight others are missing. The Costa Concordia…

 



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