Costa Concordia today is still in the process of refloating. Ran aground and capsized in 2012 near an Italian island, the massive cruise liner's underwater remains was explored by police. An underwater video of Costa Concordia today has just been released to the public and what it contains is like the material for horror movies.
The spoils of Costa Concordia today will be refloated in the next couple of days. On Thursday, the group organizing the removal said the cruise ship which ran aground and capsized near an Italian island two and a half years ago will be removed through towing.
Since it's already summer, Costa Concordia today has gone past its due and needs to be broken up for scrap, reports CBC. Last September, the ship was already righted and secured in a complex operation off the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio.
According to CBC, the last 30 stabilising devices or what they call "sponsons" for Costa Concordia today was already attached to the ruin Thursday. The Concordia Wreck Removal Project said in a statement that technicians are now set to begin testing all systems for final refloating.
Michael Thamm, chief executive of Costa Cruises, a unit of the liner's owner Carnival Corp, said in the statement, 'Following installation of the last sponson, we can start the countdown to refloating and final departure of the wreck.'
According to the organisers, the last phases of the project to remove the 114,500-tonne Costa Concordia today is already the largest maritime salvage in history. The dismantling will be carried out by consortium and oil services group Saipem and the Genoa-based companies Mariotti and San Giorgio.
The story of how the Costa Concordia today was wrecked happened in Jan. 13, 2012. At the hour of 9:45pm with calm seas and overcast weather, nobody would have thought that the massive ship would go down. The cruise liner was then under the command of Captain Francesco Schettino. The ship struck a rock just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio on the western coast of Italy hence tearing a 50 meter cut on the port side of her hull. Soon afterwards, parts of the ship's engine room were flooded and the ship sank and turned out to be the ruins of the underwater wreck of Costa Concordia today.
There were 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crews were known to have been aboard the Costa Concordia the day it capsized. 32 of these people died. Because of the disaster, Captain Schettino is reportedly now on trial for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.
Two and a half years later, Italian police released underwater footage showing the wreck from the inside Costa Concordia today.
According to Reuters, despite having hauled upright in September, the Costa Concordia today is still partially submerged. It will be re-floated in the next few days and towed to be scrapped.
The video from Italian police divers of the wreck that is Costa Concordia today shows clothing and a book on the decks, decor and furniture within the ship, among others.
They entered the 950-foot vessel and captured astounding footage of the eerie remains from the ship's final resting place. Astonishingly though, the Costa Concordia today remains intact despite remaining 18 months under the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Costa Concordia today may seem like a good idea for an underwater museum. However, the closest that the public can have a peek at the ship's remains is through the police video. The Costa Concordia today will be making its final journey to the port of Genoa, where it will be scrapped.
To watch the video of police, see below.
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