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IMG class=hide alt=”Search on for missing Concordia helmsman” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-05873538299c22f3e0aaac0648b144de.jpg” (ANSA) – Grosseto, March 11 – The Grosseto prosecutor’s office is doing everything possible to locate the helmsman of the Costa Concordia at the time of the 2012 shipwreck so he … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”ANSA/ Schettino to return to Concordia wreck” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-82be2997286cae2481c1774e1e7ea8bb.jpg” (By Laura Clarke) (ANSA) – Rome, February 25 – Disgraced former captain Francesco Schettino, who was in command of the Costa Concordia when it crashed into rocks off the Tuscan … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”Italy remembers Concordia shipwreck two years on” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-d1cff40c88e5a9c6b1700990aea4b5192.jpg” (By Christopher Livesay) (ANSA) – Grosseto, January 13 – A laurel wreath was lowered in the water Monday at the site of the Costa Concordia, two years after the mammoth … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”Costa Concordia captain feels ‘indelible pain’ two years on” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-efeb61f94f6426e5e5f9fba0dd9b0c82.jpg” (see related) (ANSA) – Grosseto, January 13 – The ex-captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship said the anniversary of the fatal crash Monday caused “deep grief” and … Continue reading
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-d1cff40c88e5a9c6b1700990aea4b519.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Costa Concordia disaster commemorated on second anniversary” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-d1cff40c88e5a9c6b1700990aea4b519.jpg” (ANSA) – Grosseto, January 13 – Thirty survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck staged a sit-in at a criminal hearing of the ship captain’s trial to … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”Costa Concordia removal to begin in June” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-6b5466534866718d1e854b4819034518.jpg” (By Sandra Cordon) (ANSA) – Rome, January 10 – Removal of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank off the coast of Tuscany in January 2012 will begin in June, … Continue reading
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-6919c1a83df9c3583df5e8aa4755eba7.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Concordia captain ‘distracted’ before deadly crash” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-6919c1a83df9c3583df5e8aa4755eba7.jpg” (By Christopher Livesay) (ANSA) – Grosseto, December 17 – Captain Francesco Shettino was “distracted” by a telephone call and a woman in the moments leading up to … Continue reading
(ANSA) – Grosseto, December 10 – A panel of judges in Tuscany granted requests for a new forensic examination of the deadly Costa Concordia wreck, still located where the giant cruiser smashed into a rock formation on Giglio Island off … Continue reading
(By Shelly Kittleson) (ANSA) – Grosseto, December 9 – Coast Guard Commander Gregorio De Falco testified Monday that he tried unsuccessfully to convince the captain of the Costa Concordia to return to his duties and help passengers on the sinking … Continue reading