Delayed rail improvements and the antiquated telephone alert system will be considered as part of the investigation into the violent head-on train crash in southern Italy that killed nearly two dozen people, officials said Wednesday. Recovery operations using a giant crane and rescue dogs continued through the night and into Wednesday to remove the mangled […]
Diver Killed Working on Concordia in Italy
A diver died Saturday while working on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, apparently gashing his leg on an underwater metal sheet while preparing the wreck for removal, officials and news reports said. Italy’s civil protection agency, which is overseeing the removal of the Concordia from Tuscany’s coast, said the diver hailed from Spain. Read: Shipwrecked Concordia […]
Shipwrecked Concordia to be Removed in June
The Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck will be removed in June from its watery graveyard off Tuscany and taken to a port to be dismantled, the final phase of an unprecedented 600 million-euro ($817 million) salvage effort. At a news conference Friday, Italy’s civil protection chief and Costa Crociere officials gave the timetable and the […]