Italian Cruise Ship On Its Side

Cruise ship shop worker Fabio Costa.

Italian cruise ship on its side. The 2750-ton cargo had been stored at the port since it was confiscated from a ship in 2013. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. Giglio Island at left the Mediterranean Sea at right.

Crew members said the boat began to list the technical term for tilting because of a technical malfunction. After the Carnival Sunshine left Port Canaveral Florida on Sunday the boat tilted on its side News 6 reported. The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its starboard side as seen from the Giglio harbor after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio Italy.

The Costa Concordia luxury cruise ship ran aground in the Tuscan waters off of GiglioItaly on Friday January 2012. Free cancellation before 48 hours. Ad Get the latest cruise offers.

Over the weekend things took an unexpected turn for passengers on a Carnival cruise ship. The cruise liner will be refloated and towed away American and Italian specialists say. The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship Francesco Schettino is taken into custody in Grosseto Italy Italian news agency Ansa said 4165 out of the 4234 people on-board were safe but did.

This Italian cruise ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Tuscany Italy in January 2012 and toppled onto its side. Fun for Families World-Class Entertainment Plus The Best Onboard Activities. The Costa Concordia struck rocks and turned on its side in January.

Fun for Families World-Class Entertainment Plus The Best Onboard Activities. The Costa Concordia was pulled upright off the Italian island of Giglio on Tuesday in a tense salvage operation that revealed the damage to a once gleaming cruise liner that had lain on its side. A large gash can be seen in the hull of the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side.