ITALY: Rough seas and strong winds bring salvage and rescue operations at the stricken Costa Concordia to a halt

Record ID: 333218

  • Title: ITALY: Rough seas and strong winds bring salvage and rescue operations at the stricken Costa Concordia to a halt
  • Date: 5th February 2012
  • Summary: GIGLIO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 4, 2012) (REUTERS) BOATS MOVING IN PORT WITH CAPSIZED COSTA CONCORDIA IN BACKGROUND BOATS BEING MOVED BY WAVES AND WIND IN PORT ROUGH SEAS BY COSTA CONCORDIA FLOATING PROTECTIVE BARRIER ON ROCKS VARIOUS OF RESCUE VESSELS AT SEA AT SUNRISE DEBRIS ON ROCKS HIT BY WAVES WAVES ROUGH SEAS AT CAPSIZED SHIP RESCUE VESSELS IN PORT VARIOUS OF EQUIPMENT BEING LIFTED ONTO VESSEL VARIOUS OF HIGH WAVES AND WIND MOVING VESSELS IN PORT RESCUER WALKING PAST MINIATURE VERSION OF COSTA CONCORDIA VARIOUS OF WAVES CRASHING ON ROCKS HIGH WAVES HITTING COSTA CONCORDIA VESSEL NEAR THE CAPSIZED SHIP
  • Embargoed: 20th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Italy, Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Disasters,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA52T47FMFMR3RH7GRSLZNN3Z21
  • Story Text: Rescuers on the island of Giglio faced another day of delays to salvage and rescue operations at the capsized Costa Concordia on Saturday (February 4) as high waves and strong seas continued battering the ship.
    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.
    An oily film was detected by the stricken cruise liner on Friday (February 3), which rescuers explained was due to small particles coming out of the ship in rough weather conditions.
    Parts of a floating protective barrier around the ship had also been moved by rough seas.
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