Photos: Luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground
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The body of a victim, retrieved from the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy, is lifted to a helicopter during operations to bring up four bodies from the wreck at Giglio island on Feb. 23. Divers found a total of eight bodies on the wreck on Feb. 22. (Giampiero Sposito / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation -
Firefighters search inside the Costa Concordia cruise ship in this picture released on Feb. 23. Italian prosecutors placed four of the ship's officers and three company executives under investigation on Wednesday in connection with the disaster as divers found eight more bodies on the wreck, including that of a 5-year-old girl. (Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation -
View of the worksheet for the recovery of bodies inside the Costa Concordia cruise ship. (Enzo Russo / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation -
A diver from the Rotterdam-based SMIT salvage firm works underwater while taking part in the operation to remove fuel from the cruise ship Costa Concordia, as it lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio on Feb. 16. (Laura Lezza / Getty Images Contributor) Back to slideshow navigation
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The capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship is seen off the west coast of Italy at the snow-covered Giglio island on Feb. 11. Salvage and rescue operations on the capsized ship faced a new obstacle on Friday as rare snowfall hit Giglio, stopping ferry services out of Porto Santo Stefano to the island. (Giampiero Sposito / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A firefighter is helped as he leaves the side of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. Bad weather had delayed plans to begin removing the 2,300 tons of diesel fuel in the ship's tanks. (Max Rossi / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Hungarians carry the coffin of Sandor Feher, a violinist who died during the accident after he had rescued children and other passengers on the Costa Concordia. The funeral ceremony was held in Budapest on Feb. 1, in the KIspest cemetery. (Ferenc Isza / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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A scuba diver inspects the Costa Concordia cruise ship in this still image taken from video shot by Italian firefighters on Feb. 1. (Handout / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Firefighters are lowered from a helicopter onto the grounded Costa Concordia on Jan. 30. Search operations in the submerged Costa Concordia were permanently ended after officials said it had become too dangerous for divers. (Vigili del Fuoco via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A scuba diver inspects the inside of the Costa Concordia on Jan. 30. (Vigili del Fuoco via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Seagulls fly in front of the grounded cruise ship on Jan. 30. Residents of Giglio are growing increasingly worried about threats to the environment and the future of the Italian island as the recovery operation is forecast to take up to a year. (Pier Paolo Cito / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Technicians of SMIT, the Dutch extraction company, work in the port of Giglio on Jan. 28. Rough seas forced a delay in the planned start of the operation to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded Costa Concordia. (Pier Paolo Cito / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A scuba diver seen during preparations for the oil extraction operation on Jan. 28. (SMIT Salvage via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Oil recovery workers climb on board the Costa Concordia cruise ship Jan. 24. Salvage crews began preparations to pump fuel from the wreck as the search continued for more bodies 11 days after the cruise liner struck a rock off the Tuscan coast and capsized. (Tony Gentile / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A detailed drawing of the Costa Concordia is displayed Jan. 23 as salvage workers prepare to recover fuel from the stricken cruise ship. (Laura Lezza / Getty Images Contributor) Back to slideshow navigation
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A firefighter is lowered from a helicopter above the Costa Concordia in an undated photo made available on Jan. 23. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Two Italian navy scuba divers inspect inside the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side, half-submerged and threatening to slide into deeper waters, in this photo released on Jan. 23. (Marina Militare via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Workers of Italian cruise line Costa Crociere march in downtown Genoa, Italy, on Jan. 22. (Luca Bruno / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A firefighter climbs on the bridge of the Costa Concordia on Jan. 22. A week after the 114,500-ton ship ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, hopes of finding anyone alive have all but disappeared. (Paul Hanna / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Family members of missing victims throw flowers into the water near the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship, on Jan. 21. (Giampiero Sposito / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Divers recover a statue of the Madonna from inside the chapel of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. (Massimo Percossi / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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An Italian Fire Department helicopter hovers over the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship off the island of Giglio, Jan. 20. The ship struck rocks on Jan. 13. (Massimo Percossi / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Carabinieri police divers passing by the bell of the stricken Costa Concordia luxury liner during their underwater search on Jan. 19. Rescuers were forced to suspend operations after the ship moved again on Friday, firefighters' spokeman Luca Cari said. (Carabinieri via AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Firefighters work from the side of the Costa Concordia on Jan. 19. (Vigili del Fuoco via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Relatives and friends of victims of the stricken cruise ship are escorted by police to a local church on the island of Giglio on Jan. 19. (Massimo Percossi / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Scuba divers of the Gruppo Carabinieri Subaquei diving under the wreck of the Costa Concordia on Jan. 19. (Carabinieri via EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Search and rescue teams continue the search for survivors on the Costa Concordia on Jan. 19. (Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Technician Andrea Faccioli operates a high-density scanner, an instrument that detects any movement of the Costa Concordia, on Jan. 19. Rescuers fear that worsening weather could cause the ship to slide off the reef it is resting on. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Han Ki-Deok, left, and his wife Jeong Hye-Jin, honeymooners who were rescued from the Costa Concordia after a terrifying 30-hour ordeal, speak to reporters Jan. 19 as they arrive at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea. (Jeon Heon-Kyun / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Divers prepare to head out to the Costa Concordia on Jan. 19. (Gregorio Borgia / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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The Costa Serena, background, passes its wrecked sister ship, the Costa Concordia, on Jan. 18. International cruise goers put on a brave face as Costa's first Mediterranean tour since last week's tragedy set sail out of the same port as the doomed luxury liner. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Angel Paredes, right, a Peruvian crew member who survived the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, is welcomed by relatives at Lima's airport on Jan. 18. (Mariana Bazo / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Police divers surface in the water Jan. 18 close to the wrecked Costa Concordia. (Massimo Percossi / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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A firefighter hangs from a helicopter over the Costa Concordia on Jan. 18. Divers searching the capsized cruise liner suspended work on Wednesday after the vast wreck shifted slightly, but officials said they are hoping to resume as soon as possible. (Max Rossi / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Venedicta Molina, front, and her husband Saturnino Soria, left, parents of missing Peruvian crew member Erika Soria, arrive at Giglio island on Jan. 18. "We will not leave until we have found Erika," her father said. (Massimo Percossi / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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A bench from the stricken ship lies on nearby rocks on Jan. 18. (Massimo Percossi / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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A view taken from a ferry on Jan. 18 shows an officer standing as the stricken Costa Concordia is seen aground in front of the harbor of the Isola del Giglio. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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A satellite image shows the wreck of the Costa Concordia off the island of Giglio on Jan. 17. (DigitalGlobe) Back to slideshow navigation
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Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, leaves a court in Grosseto on Jan. 17. Prosecutors have accused Schettino of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship before all passengers were evacuated. (Alessandro La Rocca / Lapresse via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Rescuers work on the cruise ship Costa Concordia as it lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio on Jan. 17. (Laura Lezza / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Police scuba divers search the Costa Concordia on Jan. 17. (Italian Police via EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Italian naval divers recover a body Jan. 17 from the cruise ship Costa Concordia. Five more bodies have been found aboard the capsized cruise ship, raising the official death toll to 11. (Gregorio Borgia / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Rescuers place explosive charges on the side of the Costa Concordia on Jan. 17 to create access holes prior to entering the stricken ship. (Andreas Solaro / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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A side of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is seen underwater, Jan. 16. Rescue squads used controlled explosions on to enter a sticken Italian crusie liner in the increasingly despairing hunt for survivors. (Guardia Costiera via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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The heavily listing Costa Concordia, as seen the night of Jan. 16 from the harbor on Giglio island. (Andreas Solaro / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Rescuers search for missing people in and around the partially submerged Costa Concordia on Jan. 16. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Rocks at "Le Scole” reef, around 500 feet from Giglio island’s coast, are seen on Jan. 16 with the ship's wreck in the background. Residents of Giglio said they had never before seen the Costa Concordia come so close to the dangerous reef area. (Andreas Solaro / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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A woman looks at the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner on Jan. 16. The owner of the luxury liner said its captain had made "errors of judgment" as the search continued for the missing. (Gregorio Borgia / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A diver jumps into the water near the Costa Concordia on Jan. 16, three days after it ran aground. (Gregorio Borgia / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A woman is hugged by a relative upon her arrival early Jan. 16 on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion with 30 other passengers who survived the Costa Concordia accident. (Richard Bouhet / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Rescue workers climb aboard the Costa Concordia on Jan. 16. (Max Rossi / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A rescue boat and a helicopter patrol near the Costa Concordia on Jan. 16. (Andreas Solaro / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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A coast guard scuba diver makes his way through floating pieces of furniture Jan. 15 inside the Costa Concordia. (Italian Coast Guard via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Costa Concordia passenger Lauren Moore, right, of Bowling Green, Ky., is greeted upon her return from Italy by her father, Ronnie Moore, second right; mother, Sarah Moore; and sister, Leslie Moore, left, on Jan 15 at the Louisville International Airport. (Alex Slitz / Daily News via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Firefighters on a dinghy look at a rock emerging from the side of the Costa Concordia on Jan. 15. (Andrea Sinibaldi / Lapresse via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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This underwater image shows the partially submerged ship on Jan. 15. (Guardia Di Finanza via EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Divers continue their search for survivors aboard the Costa Concordia as it lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio on Jan. 15. (John Cantlie / Getty Images Contributor) Back to slideshow navigation
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Rescue operations continue Jan. 15 on the Costa Concordia. The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, was taken into custody over accusations that he abandoned ship before all the passengers had safely evacuated. (Maurizio Degl' Innocenti / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Costa Concordia cruise liner captain Francesco Schettino, right, is escorted by police on Jan. 14 in Grosseto. Schettino was arrested on charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship, police said. (Stringer/italy / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A helicopter evacuates Marrico Giempietroni, the Costa Concordia's injured cabin service director, on Jan. 15. He was located by rescuers more than 24 hours after the ship ran aground and has a broken leg. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Boats patrol near the Costa Concordia on Jan. 15. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Two passengers from South Korea who were on their honeymoon are rescued from the Costa Concordia on Jan. 15 after being found trapped on the ship. (Reuters, AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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The Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground is seen Jan. 14 off the coast of Giglio. At least 11 people were killed, and rescuers were searching for other victims after the Italian cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground. (Italian Guardia di Finanza / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano on Jan. 14 after the Costa Concordia ran aground. (Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Italian coast guard personnel recover the "black box" of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia to establish the precise sequence of events behind the disaster, which occurred in calm seas and clear weather. (Gregorio Borgia / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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The Costa Concordia is seen Jan. 14 off the west coast of Italy. Rescue workers continue to search for survivors. (Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Some of the passengers of the shipwrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia receive first aid and comfort each other in Savona, Italy. (Luca Zennaro / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Rescue workers help a woman Jan. 14 upon her arrival at Porto Santo Stefano in Italy. Helicopters and nearby boats assisted in the rescue efforts. (Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Evacuated Costa Concordia passengers wear life vests and blankets as they arrive at shore. (Enzo Russo / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Members of the emergency services take an injured passenger from the Costa Concordia to a waiting ambulance Jan. 14 on the island of Giglio. (Enzo Russo / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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A lifeboat from the Costa Concordia is towed to a port on the island of Giglio by a fishing boat after the luxury cruise liner ran aground late Friday night. (Peter Honvehlmann / Zuma Press) Back to slideshow navigation
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Costa Concordia passengers are seen Jan. 14 in a rescue boat. The ship had sailed from the Italian port of Civitavecchia just hours before the accident. (Peter Honvehlmann / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Passengers line up on the side of the Costa Concordia and move down along the side of the vessel Jan. 14 during the evacuation in this still image taken from video. (Italian Coast Guard via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Passengers and crew members wearing life jackets prepare to evacuate the Costa Concordia on Jan. 13 after the ship ran aground. (Sky Italia via AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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The Costa Concordia lays on its starboard side after it ran aground on Jan. 13, forcing some 4,200 people aboard to evacuate aboard lifeboats to the nearby Isola del Giglio. (Giuseppe Modesti / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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