The £500m raising of the Costa Concordia: Stricken cruise liner finally budges after three-hour struggle to wrest it off the reef
- The 114,000 tonne ship has been marooned outside Giglio harbour off the coast of Tuscany for 20 months
- Thirty-two people lost their lives on January 13, 2012 when the vessel hit rocks and sank with 4,200 people aboard
- Liner is being rotated with pulleys and lifted up in the largest and most expensive maritime salvage operation ever
- Engineers say they are expecting a 'burp' of noxious gases as ship is lifted and trapped air bubbles are released
- The aim is to raise the ship by 65 degrees - without it breaking in two - so it is vertical, then tow it away next spring
It’s official… the Costa Concordia is ready to roll. The parbuckling operation is scheduled to kick off at approximately 6 a.m. CEST Monday. That’s midnight Eastern Standard Time. UPDATE: BBC has reported that the operation has been delayed by two hours due to an overnight storm.
Below is a live webcam courtesy Giglio News. The feed will air in four hours increments (you can check here for an updated feed under “Live Now). We’ll try to keep updating here. You’ll know if it’s the live feed if you it says “Live” on the bottom.
Reuters has an even better live video stream HERE.
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