Concordia Ship Disaster
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A collapsed skylight of the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia is seen off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. After a night of rough seas, a crack appeared in the ship and a sheen of oil coming from the ship's stern was seen spreading throughout the day. Bad weather conditions forced the temporary suspension of the recovery operation of the capsized cruise ship. The ship contains about 500,000 gallons of heavy fuel and other pollutants, and fears are growing that those pollutants could spill out.
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Oil recovery experts sit at a bar in the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Italian emergency officials are ending the search for missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship due to the danger to rescue workers. Italy's Civil Protection agency said Tuesday that technical studies indicated the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to continue the search within it.
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Experts aboard a sea platform carry oil recovery equipment as they return to port. Rough seas off Italy's Tuscan coast forced a delay in the planned start of the operation to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded Costa Concordia.
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Oil recovery experts inflate floating barriers to be placed around the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia.
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The bow of the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia is seen submerged. Costa Crociere SpA offered uninjured passengers $14,460 apiece to compensate them for lost baggage and the psychological trauma they suffered after their cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany. But some passengers are already refusing to accept the deal, saying they can't yet put a figure on the costs of the trauma they endured.
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View of the bow of the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia.
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The Costa Concordia cruise ship is seen grounded off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy.
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Rescuers look over a speed boat during an operation to pump out 2,380 tons of fuel from the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia.
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Oil recovery experts climb onto the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia. A large platform carrying a crane and other equipment hitched itself to the toppled Costa Concordia, signaling the start of preliminary operations to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded cruise ship before it leaks into the Tuscan Sea.
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Salvage workers start on diesel recovery on a pontoon from the cruise ship.
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Italian Navy scuba divers return after working on the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia.
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In this undated photo released by the Italian Navy on Jan. 24, 2012, a scuba diver makes his way into a flooded cabin of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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In this undated photo released by the Italian Navy on Jan. 24, 2012, a scuba diver makes his way into a flooded cabin of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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Workers operate in the port near the wreck of the cruise liner Costa Concordia.
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A backpack is retrieved from inside the Costa Concordia as divers of the Coast Guard conduct a search and rescue operation that that led to the discovery of the body of a woman inside of the stricken cruise ship.
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A diver of the Coast Guard search and rescue operation.
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In this picture taken on Jan. 13, 2012, and made available on Jan. 25, 2012, the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its starboard side after it ran aground off the coast of the Isola del Giglio island, Italy, gashing open the hull and forcing some 4,200 people aboard to evacuate aboard lifeboats.
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Satellite image shows the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia on its starboard side just off Isola del Giglio, Italy. As the ship keeps shifting on its rocky ledge, many have raised the prospect of a possible environmental disaster if fuel on the half-submerged cruise ship leaks. Satellites are used to monitor the area while authorities are preparing to remove the fuel from inside the vessel.
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A firefighter is lowered on the Costa Concordia cruise ship from a helicopter. Italian officials announced two more bodies have been pulled from the wreckage, bringing the number of confirmed dead to 15. The Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into well-marked rocks after the captain made an unauthorized diversion from the route. The ship then keeled over on its side.
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Rescuers work on the cruise ship.
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Divers retrieve objects from the Costa Concordia. The rescue operation was temporarily suspended earlier due to the ship moving as it slowly sinks further into the sea.
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Rotterdam based SMIT and Livorno based NERI salvage workers prepare their work of diesel recovery from the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia.
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A rescuer is lowered on the cruise liner Costa Concordia. Emergency workers fear that the ship could slip from its resting place on a rocky shelf and slip into deeper waters.
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Firefighters work on the cruise ship Costa Concordia.
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Search and rescue teams continue the search for survivors on the stricken cruise ship Costa Costa Concordia.
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The damaged part of the cruise ship is seen.
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Divers of the Nucleo Operatori Subacquei Guardia Costiera (Coast Guard) conduct a search and rescue operation that led to the discovery of the body of a woman inside of the ship Costa Concordia.
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Divers conduct a search andrRescue operation.
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Carabinieri scuba divers swim close to the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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Carabinieri frogmen dive on the cruise ship Costa Concordia. The rescue operation to find 21 people still missing aboard the Costa Concordia has resumed after being suspended for the third time, as conditions caused the vessel to shift on the rocks on which it is resting.
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Two Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) scuba divers swim next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship's bell.
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A Carabinieri scuba diver swims next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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A Carabinieri scuba diver swims next to the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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Statues of Madonna and Jesus are kept by firefighters in storage after they were recovered from a chapel on board the Cruise ship Costa Concordia as it lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio. Explosives have been used to gain access to previously unreachable parts of the vessel, in a bid to find survivors.
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Rescuers are lifted from a helicopter on the Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbor of the Isola del Giglio. Italian rescuers resumed their search on board a crashed cruise ship the same day, as salvage workers prepared to pump out fuel from its tanks to avoid an environmental disaster.
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Search and rescue teams continue the search for survivors on the stricken cruise ship Costa Costa Concordia.
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Rotterdam based SMIT and Livorno based NERI salvage workers prepare their work of diesel recovery from the cruise ship Costa Concordia that lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio.
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Cruise ship Costa Concordia lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio as floating barriers are laid out to prevent pollution of the coast in Giglio Porto, Italy.
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Debris from the cruise ship Costa Concordia is washed up as the vessel lies stricken in the background off the coast of the island of Giglio.
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Cruise ship Costa Concordia lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio.
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A poster left by relatives of a boy who is missing on the ship is seen on the streets in Giglio Porto, Italy.
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The cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbor of Giglio after hitting underwater rocks. The 950-foot-long ship, 17 decks high, has a large gash in its hull from running on to rocks before it capsized. Officials said the half-submerged vessel had stabilized as weather conditions off the Tuscan coast improved but added that there was still a risk the hulk could slip off a rocky shelf and sink into the open sea.
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The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio in Italy. More than 4,000 people were on board when the ship hit rocks. Reports put the death toll is at 11, with 24 missing.
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A view of Giglio Porto, Italy.
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The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground near the small Tuscan island of Giglio.
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"It seems that the commander made errors of judgment that had serious consequences," said a statement from the ocean liner's owner, Costa Crociere, referring to Capt. Francesco Schettino. Investigators accuse Schettino of having "approached Giglio island in a very clumsy manner."
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Italian Navy divers approach the cruise ship as rescue operations continue. Prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the captain for manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship.
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A helicopter circles the Costa Concordia in the harbor of the Tuscan island of Giglio.
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Firemen work on the Costa Concordia in Giglio.
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Those pulled from the wreck of the Costa Concordia include a honeymoon couple found alive and well in a cabin late on Saturday.
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A photo released by the Guardia di Finanza, or border police, of the grounded cruise ship.
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The cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbor of Giglio.
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A scuba diver swims next to the cruise ship Costa Concordia in a photo released by the Italian Coast Guard. Shifting by the vessel has made the rescue missions at times extra dangerous.
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An underwater view of the grounded liner released by the Italian Coast Guard. Divers used explosives to create more holes in the hull to speed the search for trapped survivors.
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The damage from the cruise ship running aground is seen in this photo released by the Italian Coast Guard.
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The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio.
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Oil removal ships near the cruise ship Costa Concordia work to ease fears that some 500,000 gallons of fuel may begin to leak into the sea.
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Relatives hug at the Saint Denis de la Reunion airport, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, upon the arrival of 31 passengers who survived the Costa Concordia disaster.
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Costa Concordia survivors' arrival set off a celebration in the airport at La Reunion.
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