Photographs Of The19-hour battle to raise Costa Concordia








  • Salvage officials think Russel Rebello and Maria Grazia Trecarichi's bodies could be found in lifeboat under hull. 

  • Engineers confirmed they reached 25 degrees just before midnight and vessel was finally upright by 4am today.

  • The 114,000 tonne ship has been marooned outside Giglio harbour off the coast of Tuscany, Italy, for 20 months.

  • Some 32 people lost their lives on January 13, 2012 when the vessel hit rocks and sank with 4,200 people aboard.

  • Liner was rotated with pulleys and lifted up in the largest and most expensive maritime salvage operation ever.

  • Engineers had expected a 'burp' of noxious gases as the ship was lifted and trapped air bubbles were released.

  • Raised the ship by 65 degrees - without it breaking in two - and it's vertical so it can be towed away next spring.


  • Ship's captain Francesco Schettino, aka 'Captain Coward', at home in Naples preparing to face trial over disaster.



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