Costa Concordia body search continues
- 12 years ago
Recovery teams return on Thursday morning to the wreck of the Costa Concordia, off the Italian island of Giglio.
On Wednesday, divers found eight more bodies in the submerged hull of the cruise liner.
Among the bodies was that of a five-year-old girl, whose father also died in the disaster.
Seven people are still unaccounted for, and the death toll stands at 25.
The Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers when it ran aground on January 13 while sailing unusually close to the shoreline.
Salvage crews are still working on pumping diesel fuel from the vast wreck which lies just metres from the popular holiday island in the Mediterranean.
By tonnage, the vessel is the largest passenger ship ever wrecked.
Travis Brecher, Reuters
On Wednesday, divers found eight more bodies in the submerged hull of the cruise liner.
Among the bodies was that of a five-year-old girl, whose father also died in the disaster.
Seven people are still unaccounted for, and the death toll stands at 25.
The Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers when it ran aground on January 13 while sailing unusually close to the shoreline.
Salvage crews are still working on pumping diesel fuel from the vast wreck which lies just metres from the popular holiday island in the Mediterranean.
By tonnage, the vessel is the largest passenger ship ever wrecked.
Travis Brecher, Reuters