
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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Francesco Schettino, a "reckless idiot" according to prosecutors, had been accused of abandoning ship as it sank while most were still aboard
Francesco Schettino accused of causing deadly shipwreck and abandoning liner when many on board were desperately trying to save themselves
Prosecutors ask court to sentence Costa Concordia captain to 26 years in prison for the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people
In first court testimony about deadly Costa Concordia wreck, Francesco Schettino explains why he took liner close to shore
Body of Indian waiter Russel Rebello discovered in a passenger's cabin on the eighth deck
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. The ship is being towed to a port in Genoa, Italy, where it will be salvaged. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Giglio, Italy.
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. Work to remove the ship cost more than $2 billion. Norah O'Donnell reports.
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. 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. The giant craft will now be towed 200 miles across open ocean before being scrapped. Mark Phillips reports.
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
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
The bodies were discovered under the hull of the Italian cruise ship; 30 bodies now found and only 2 remain missing
Disgraced Francesco Schettino returns to court to contest his dismissal, vows he will "certainly" command a ship again
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Rare and eerie images of the half-sunken passenger ship marooned off the coast of Tuscany
Victims of the cruise ship accident remembered, as shell of capsized ship still remains
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
Costa Concordia company's chief executive tells survivors of 2012 shipwreck they're not invited to official anniversary ceremonies
Eleven months after wrecking at sea, the Italian luxury liner awaits one of the most expensive and daunting salvage operations ever
From PTSD therapy to safety activism, some survivors discuss how life has changed since ship capsized off the Italian coast
Passengers share haunting memories as the one-year anniversary of the cruise ship Costa Concordia crash that killed 32 people, approaches
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