The operation to raise the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia was completed Tuesday, Franco Gabrielli, the head of Italy's Civil Protection Authority, said after a 19-hour-long operation at the Italian island of Giglio
World's largest cruise liner begins to emerge from its watery grave. Pic:AFP
The ship has been put onto its platform, he said.
The ship stands upright and is able to stand on its platform. Pic: AFP
The Concordia, a 290-metre-long liner, carrying more than 4,000 passengers and crew capsized Jan 13, 2012, resulting in the loss of 32 lives, after it struck rocks at Giglio.
This is all that remains of a ship built for 7-Star luxury. Pic: AFP
The ship had remained half-submerged on a rock shelf ever since.u00a0