ITALY: Search and salvage operations for the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia are halted by rough weather
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333212
ITALY: Search and salvage operations for the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia are halted by rough weather
- Title: ITALY: Search and salvage operations for the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia are halted by rough weather
- Date: 2nd February 2012
- Summary: GIGLIO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 1, 2012) (REUTERS) HARBOUR VARIOUS OF CAPSIZED CRUISE SHIP COSTA CONCORDIA IN ROUGH SEAS VARIOUS OF JOURNALIST PREPARING TO DO LIVE COVERAGE IN THE WIND /TV CREW COSTA CONCORDIA SALVAGE WORKERS WALKING IN HARBOUR AREA VARIOUS OF SALVAGE WORKERS SITTING OUTSIDE BAR IN WIND VARIOUS OF COSTA CONCORDIA IN ROUGH SEAS RESCUE WORKER TENTS VARIOUS OF MODEL OF CONCORDIA VARIOUS OF BOAT CREWS FOR ANTI-POLLUTION VESSELS STANDING OUTSIDE SHOP CONCORDIA WAVES BREAKING ON ROCKS VARIOUS OF CONCORDIA IN ROUGH SEAS, CLOUDS MOVING IN SKY ABOVE
- Embargoed: 17th February 2012 12:00
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- Location: Italy, Italy
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Disasters
- Reuters ID: LVA6ESZT86AJHJ4BF99P4F6X6ZQQ
- Story Text: Rough seas and strong winds on Wednesday (February 1) morning prevented rescue, salvage and anti-pollution operations from taking place in the waters off the Italian island of Giglio, where the cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized.
Salvage crews had hoped to start pumping more than 2,300 tonnes of diesel from the wreck this week but the bad weather has delayed the start of operations expected to take between three weeks and a month.
On Tuesday (January 31) Italian authorities ended the search for bodies in the submerged sections of the ship, more than two weeks after the giant cruise liner capsized off the Tuscan coast.
Searching had been 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.
A total of 17 bodies have been recovered since the accident on January 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. Fifteen people remain missing.
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