When the Costa Concordia disaster took place, the ship’s captain was an Italian shipmaster named Francesco Schettino. The Costa Concordia started its voyage on January 13, 2012, at 7:18 p.m. from ...
Using a single key paragraph from the Italian accident report, this walks through the four phase sequence that took Costa Concordia from initial port list to temporary righting, then to a wind driven ...
Jan. 13, 2012: The Costa Concordia slams into a reef off Italy's Giglio island after the captain, Francesco Schettino, ordered it taken off course and brought it close to shore in a stunt. It drifts ...
Update: Engineers working on the shipwreck have declared the vessel upright after a 19-hour operation, reports the Associated Press. Parbuckling is one of those terms like top kill, containment vessel ...
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy on Thursday is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster with a daylong commemoration that will end with a candlelit vigil marking the moment ...
Removal of the Costa Concordia from its perch off Italy's Giglio Island is scheduled to start July 14, giving the ship a last moment in the global media spotlight before it is towed away to be ...
ROMEROME — An Italian court has ordered Costa Crociere cruise line to pay 92,700 euros ($105,000) to a passenger who was aboard the Costa Concordia when it crashed and capsized off Tuscany in 2012, in ...
GIGLIO, Italy — Italy honored the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the 10th anniversary of the disaster with a commemoration Thursday on the Tuscan island of Giglio, which recalled the ...
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Italy on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Here are some key dates in the saga, including the trial of the captain and the ...
GIGLIO, Italy -- Fog horns wailed and church bells tolled Thursday as Italy honored the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the 10th anniversary of the disaster, with a commemoration that ...