ITALY-CONCORDIA/FILE Corpse found on Costa Concordia wreck thought to be final victim
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862795
ITALY-CONCORDIA/FILE Corpse found on Costa Concordia wreck thought to be final victim
- Title: ITALY-CONCORDIA/FILE Corpse found on Costa Concordia wreck thought to be final victim
- Date: 3rd November 2014
- Summary: GIGLIO, ITALY (FILE - JULY 23, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COSTA CONCORDIA BEING TOWED AWAY VARIOUS OF ISLANDERS WATCHING CONCORDIA BEING TOWED AWAY VARIOUS OF CONCORDIA BEING TOWED AWAY FROM GIGLIO ISLAND WHILE HORNS ARE PLAYED AND ISLANDERS WATCH GENOA, ITALY (FILE - JULY 27, 2014) (REUTERS) CONCORDIA BEING TOWED INTO HARBOUR TO BE SCRAPPED LOCALS WATCHING VARIOUS OF CONCORDIA IN HARBOUR
- 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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