Costa Concordia captain sentenced for deadly wreck
Francesco Schettino, a "reckless idiot" according to prosecutors, had been accused of abandoning ship as it sank while most were still aboard
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Costa Concordia verdict looms: "Reckless" captain to learn fate
Francesco Schettino accused of causing deadly shipwreck and abandoning liner when many on board were desperately trying to save themselves
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Prosecutors ask court to sentence Costa Concordia captain to 26 years in prison for the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people
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Costa Concordia completes its final voyage
Tragic cruise liner eased into Genoa's port, where it will be scrapped after search for missing Indian waiter, the only body of 32 victims never found
Costa Concordia, the Italian cruise ship that sank off the coast of Italy in January 2012, is finally leaving her resting place
Costa Concordia, the Italian cruise ship that sank off the coast of Italy in January 2012, is finally leaving her resting place. The ship is being towed to a port in Genoa, Italy, where it will be salvaged. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Giglio, Italy.
Costa Concordia making final voyage from disaster site
Cruise liner slowly being towed away from the tiny Italian island where it capsized more than two years ago, killing 32 people
Crews have finally completed the salvage and are towing the Costa Concorida to a scrapyard in Northern Italy
Crews have finally completed the salvage and are towing the Costa Concorida to a scrapyard in Northern Italy. Work to remove the ship cost more than $2 billion. Norah O'Donnell reports.
The shipwreck - the target of one of the biggest maritime salvage operations in history - is now floating about 3-feet off the platform
Time-lapse video shows the raising of the wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia from the underwater platform it has been resting on for the past year.
Off the coast of Italy, Costa Concordia is one step closer to being towed to its final resting place
Off the coast of Italy, Costa Concordia is one step closer to being towed to its final resting place. The ship ran aground more than years ago, killing 32 people. Mark Phillips reports from Giglio, Italy.
It took a massive operation and $1.5 billion to refloat the Costa Concordia cruise ship
It took a massive operation and $1.5 billion to refloat the Costa Concordia cruise ship. The giant craft will now be towed 200 miles across open ocean before being scrapped. Mark Phillips reports.
Costa Concordia cruise ship to be scrapped
It took one small act of incompetence to wreck the cruise ship, but it's taken 2.5 years and about $1 billion to get to the point of refloating the wreck
Moving Costa Concordia wreck may be as difficult as flipping it over
The Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy in January 2012 is now right-side-up after a 19-hour operation
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Costa Concordia victims mark 1-year anniversary
Survivors of disaster and relatives of the dead join at the site of cruise liner run aground off Italy to remember 32 lives lost
The Costa Concordia, one year later
The Costa Concordia, one year later
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Costa Concordia survivors detail experience one year later
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