• The wreck of the luxury liner Costa Concordia has been refloated in one of the largest salvage operations in history.
• The ship was refloated by pumping air into 30 large metal boxes attached to its hull. It will soon be towed to Genoa for scrapping.
• The Costa Concordia ran aground near the island of Giglio nearly 2 and a half years ago.
• The ship’s captain Francesco Schettino is on trial for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning the vessel before all passengers had evacuated.
• It has been estimated that damage caused to Giglio, including breaking up of the vessel is approx 1.5 billion Euros.

Read more:

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/07/14/costa-concordia-refloat-underway.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-14/costa-concordia-refloat-operation-begins/5596192

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