ITALY-CONCORDIA/FILE Corpse found on Costa Concordia wreck thought to be final victim

Record ID: 862733

  • Title: ITALY-CONCORDIA/FILE Corpse found on Costa Concordia wreck thought to be final victim
  • Date: 3rd November 2014
  • Summary: PORTO SANTO STEFANO, ITALY (FILE - JANUARY 14, 2012) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SURVIVORS WRAPPED IN BLANKETS GETTING OFF FERRY ONTO QUAY CREW MEMBERS WRAPPED IN BLANKETS GIGLIO, ITALY (FILE - JANUARY 2012) (REUTERS) HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER HALF-SUBMERGED CONCORDIA RESCUER AND STRETCHER BEING WINCHED UP TO HELICOPTER PORTO SANTO STEFANO, ITALY (FILE - JANUARY 2012) (REUTERS) BODY IN BAG BEING CARRIED ONTO QUAY GROSSETO, ITALY (FILE - JANUARY 17, 2012) (REUTERS) POLICE ESCORTING CAPTAIN FRANCESCO SCHETTINO FROM VAN TO PRISON GIGLIO, ITALY (FILE - JANUARY 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KEVIN REBELLO, BROTHER OF MISSING RUSSEL, SPEAKING TO COAST GUARD CAPTAIN GREGORIO DE FALCO ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHIPWRECK GIGLIO, ITALY (FILE - JULY 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE LISTING THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS IN THE HARBOUR'S DOCK VARIOUS OF COSTA CONCORDIA WHERE IT USED TO BE UNTIL JULY 23, 2014, NEAR GIGLIO'S PORT
  • Embargoed: 18th November 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Italy
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  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: A corpse found on the wreck of the Costa Concordia on Monday (November 3) is thought to be that of the last person unaccounted for almost three years after the luxury liner sank, Italy's coast guard said.
    Russel Rebello, an Indian who worked as a waiter on the ship when it hit rocks and sank off the Tuscan coast in January 2012, killing 32 people, is the only person still missing after the disaster whose body has not yet been found.
    In July, the Concordia wreck was spectacularly refloated and towed away from the Italian island of Giglio to be scrapped in the northern port of Genoa.
    A spokeswoman for the coast guard of Genoa told Reuters the body found on the ship was "assumed to be the last victim, Russel Rebello."
    The Concordia's 290-metres hulk is due to be completely broken up by mid 2016.
    In August authorities announced they had found remains on the ship and would test them to see if they belonged to Rebello. Italian press later reported that they were found to be lamb bones.
    The sinking of the Concordia, a floating hotel as long as three football pitches laid end-to-end, prompted a chaotic night-time evacuation and one of the largest maritime salvage operations in history.
    The ship's disgraced captain, Francesco Schettino, is being tried on charges of manslaughter.
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