ITALY: The glass roof of the wrecked Costa Concordia is hit by rough seas while an anti-pollution worker says the situation remains under control on the stricken cruise liner

Record ID: 333210

  • Title: ITALY: The glass roof of the wrecked Costa Concordia is hit by rough seas while an anti-pollution worker says the situation remains under control on the stricken cruise liner
  • Date: 2nd February 2012
  • Summary: GIGLIO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 1, 2012) (REUTERS) ROUGH SEAS AROUND WRECK OF COSTA CONCORDIA BROKEN GLASS ROOF OF COSTA CONCORDIA VARIOUS OF LARGE GLASS PANELS BEING MOVED BY HIGH WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZED SHIP IN ROUGH SEAS WAVES HITTING A ROCK VARIOUS OF WAVES HITTING THE SHIP WAVES HITTING ROCKS RESCUE VESSELS MOVING IN HIGH WINDS IN PORT VARIOUS OF VESSELS IN PORT MOVING IN HIGH WINDS AND WAVES FLAG FLUTTERING IN THE WIND JOURNALISTS OUTSIDE BUILDING WHERE LUGGAGE RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK IS HELD UNACCLAIMED LUGGAGE INSIDE ROOM COSTA TAG ON LUGGAGE BLACK PLASTIC BAG WITH TEXT "BRIDGE ONE" MOBILE PHONE AND KEYS ON TOP OF SUITCASE MEMBERS OF ANTI-POLLUTION TEAM IN PORT ANTI-POLLUTION TEAM MEMBER USING SMALL NET TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM WATER (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ANTI-POLLUTION TEAM COORDINATOR, GIORGIO PONTI SAYING: "So far there have been no significant leaks so everything is fine." PARTS OF FLOATING FUEL BARRIERS AT SEA CARRIED AWAY BY WAVES FIRE BRIGADE RESCUE VESSEL NEAR THE CAPSIZED SHIP
  • Embargoed: 17th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Italy, Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Disasters
  • Reuters ID: LVABWWA566KXS96Y5RNC9MJECMA
  • Story Text: Rough weather conditions on Wednesday (February 1) brought further damage to the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner and hampered rescue and salvage operations.
    Unhinged glass panels which form part of the roof of the capsized ship could be seen moving as high winds and waves battered the vessel.
    Italian authorities ended the search for bodies in the submerged sections of the ship on Tuesday (January 31), more than two weeks after the giant cruise liner capsized off the Tuscan coast.
    The civil protection authority said conditions on the wreck had made it impossible for divers to continue working safely in the underwater sections of the 290-metre long vessel.
    Searching is set to continue in other sections of the half-submerged ship and in waters up to 18 square kilometres around the vessel, where a number of objects have been spotted which investigators believe could turn out to be bodies.
    Salvage crews plan to begin pumping more than 2,300 tonnes of diesel from the wreck this week but bad weather has delayed the start of operations expected to take between three weeks and a month.
    An anti-pollution team coordinator on Giglio said the situation around the wreck remained under control.
    "So far there have been no significant leaks so everything is fine," said Giorgio Ponti.
    A total of 17 bodies have been recovered since the accident on Jan. 13 in which the Concordia, carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew, was holed by a rock after its captain steered to within 150 metres of the tiny island of Giglio.
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