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Costa Concordia disaster
Collision of Costa Concordia 11.jpg
Aground with rigid lifeboats in foreground and inflatables hanging from the side of the ship
Date 13 January 2012 (2012-01-13)
Location Off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
Type Ship grounding
Cause Struck a rock while deviating from planned course
Participants 4,252 (3,206 passengers; 1,023 crew and personnel)
Deaths 33 (27 passengers, 5 crew, 1 salvage member)
Non-fatal injuries 64
Captain Francesco Schettino
Operator Costa Crociere
Salvage
  • Fuel and oil extraction: March 2012
  • Righting: September 2013
  • Refloated and towed: July 2014

On 13 January 2012, the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia hit the bottom of the sea floor and overturned after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, resulting in 32 deaths.

The eight year old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at the Isola del Giglio, sailed closer to the island, and struck a rock formation on the sea floor.

A six-hour rescue effort brought most of the passengers ashore.

Many blamed the ship's captain Francesco Schettino, who left the ship shortly after the sinking began leaving behind the crew and passengers.

Images for kids

  • Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca, Spain

    MS Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca in 2011

  • Collision of Costa Concordia DSC4191

    Wrecked ship with boulder in hull gash

  • Collision of Costa Concordia 8

    Rescued passengers huddle ashore

  • Collision of Costa Concordia 37

    Rescued passengers and crew in Giglio Porto

  • Pinnidae - Pinna nobilis-001

    Giant fan mussel of the type relocated away from the Costa Concordia wreck for fear of the threat posed by subsequent engineering work

  • Costa-concordia-route2

    Route of Mediterranean cruise from Civitavecchia and back. Arrow: journey on first leg, star: impact with reef

  • Costa-cordia-last-journey

    Planned route (starting at 19:20 UTC+1) together with deviation (starting at 21:10 UTC+1) ending off Giglio

  • Costa-cordia-route-map

    Deviation (from 21:30 UTC+1) leading to disaster (21:45 UTC+1) and grounding (23:00 UTC+1)

  • Costa-concordia-routes

    Route leading to disaster compared to route of 14 August 2011

  • Costa Concordia map 13-1-2012 (en)

    Timeline of the disaster

  • Location of Costa Concordia cruise-ship disaster (13-1-2012)-2

    Closeup of the disaster

  • Costa Concordia salvage July crop

    Preparing for righting, July 2013. On the left are the strand jacks (used to pull the cables) mounted on the tops of the retaining turrets.

  • Costa Concordia parbuckling 07

    The operation progesses slowly, at less than 2 degrees per hour. On the right are the port side sponsons.

  • Costa Concordia parbuckling 09

    Sponsons ready to fill with sea water, nearing 24 degrees of rotation

  • Costa Concordia parbuckling 11

    The morning after the parbuckling

  • Costa Concordia parbuckling 18

    After parbuckling and before refloat, September 2013

  • Costa Concordia parbuckling spectral view 17

    Starboard side of the righted Costa Concordia, showing crush damage from the rock spurs upon which she had rested

  • Refloating crop

    Wreck refloated, 20 July 2014

  • La Costa Concordia ormeggiata nel porto di Prà, vista dalla passeggiata di Pegli

    Wreck near Genoa, Pegli (Porto di Prà), 27 July 2014

  • Costa Concordia Abwracken

    The wreck in the Superbacino dock in Genoa, 12 September 2015

See also

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