Successful rescue of the ship Costa Concordia

Authorities said an unprecedented rescue operation "reached the level 0, which at first was our goal." For this purpose they used wires and huge gigantic metal containers attached to the ship filled with water when the boat allowed to finally be straightened rotate. In step 500 people participated. The estimated total cost of the procedure amounts to about $ 600 million. The cruise was taken off the rocky bottom front of the small island off the Tuscan coast and moved to a platform built on the seabed. The Costa Concordia capsized in January 2012, killing 32 people. The bodies of two of the victims of the tragedy were never found. There is hope that they can be placed now that the ship has been righted, but officials said Monday that so far there was no sign of them. The work being done at the moment had been delayed for several hours due to a storm. In operation, huge teams of engineers cables and chains placed around the hull of the boat to refloat and stabilize in the two giant platforms. Watch the live rescue

• 2013-09-17T19:09:13+00:00
• Duration: 00:14

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