Costa salvage effort complete
The Costa Concordia salvage operation has been completed, the head of Italy's civil protection authority announced. It took engineers 19 hours to raise the ship from its side.
Raw beef, fish and cheese trapped onboard the Costa
Experts fear the operation to salvage the stricken Costa Concordia could pollute the water as rotting food and chemicals seep out.
According to the Daily Telegraph, onboard the capsized ship there is:
- More than 24,000lbs of fish
- Nearly 5,500lbs of cheese
- 1,500 gallons of ice cream in tubs
- 24,000lbs of pasta
- 2,000lbs of onions
- More than 2,000 pots of jam
- Nearly 17,000 tea bags
- 17,000lbs of raw beef
- Nearly 11,000 eggs
- 2,346 hot dog buns
- 815lbs of rabbit meat
- More than 1,000 gallons of milk
- 18,000 bottles of wine
- 22,000 cans of Coca-Cola
- 1,000 bottles of extra virgin olive oil
- 46,000 miniature bottles of spirits
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Family of Costa Concordia victim hopeful to find remains
The brother of a waiter whose body has not been recovered from the Costa Concordia, hopes the search team will find his remains.
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Stricken Costa Concordia set upright in Italy
The operation to shift the stricken Costa Concordia ship from the rocks off the Italian island of Giglio has been completed.
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Costa Concordia freed from rocks but process continues
Engineers successfully shifted the wreckage of the stricken ship from rocks, but the salvage operation is expected to go on into the night.