The wrecked Costa Concordia is lifted upright near the harbour of Giglio Island, west of Italy, Sept. 16, 2013. Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted. (Xinhua)
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Engineers start to raise wrecked cruise liner off Italian island
ROME, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted.
The vast hulk of the 290-meter-long and 36-meter-wide cruise liner has lain on its side for more than 20 months off the tiny Giglio Island, west of Italy, where it hit rocks on Jan. 13, 2012, and killed 32 people. Full story
The wrecked Costa Concordia is lifted upright near the harbour of Giglio Island, west of Italy, Sept. 16, 2013. Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted. (Xinhua)
The wrecked Costa Concordia is lifted upright near the harbour of Giglio Island, west of Italy, Sept. 16, 2013. Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted. (Xinhua)
The wrecked Costa Concordia is lifted upright near the harbour of Giglio Island, west of Italy, Sept. 16, 2013. Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted. (Xinhua)
The wrecked Costa Concordia is lifted upright near the harbour of Giglio Island, west of Italy, Sept. 16, 2013. Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted. (Xinhua)
The wrecked Costa Concordia is lifted upright near the harbour of Giglio Island, west of Italy, Sept. 16, 2013. Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted. (Xinhua)
The wrecked Costa Concordia is lifted upright near the harbour of Giglio Island, west of Italy, Sept. 16, 2013. Engineers started Monday to lift the wrecked Costa Concordia upright off Italy's Tuscan coast, a salvage operation said to be one of the most complex and costly ever attempted. (Xinhua)
