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Raising The Costa Concordia
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Here's The Ingenious $400 Million Plan
To Deal With The Wrecked Costa Concordia
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n
In January, the cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a rock off the shore of Isola del Giglio,
in the Mediterranean .
30 people on board the largest passenger wreck of all time lost their lives;
two are still missing.
Nearly a year later, the wreck is still sitting off the Italian coast, mostly submerged.
Because the Costa Concordia is in a nationally protected marine park and coral reef,
it must be removed from the area before it can be dismantled, posing countless difficulties.
In a report on the efforts to remove the wreck, 60 Minutes' Leslie Stahl visited the site
and recounted the remarkable salvage operation, which has a $400 million price tag.
Not only is it the riskiest, most complicated, and most expensive salvage plan
ever undertaken, but no one is sure if it will work.
The ship weighs 60,000 tons and is filled with seawater.
How interesting is this
Here's The Ingenious $400 Million Plan
To Deal With The Wrecked Costa Concordia
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137223n
In January, the cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a rock off the shore of Isola del Giglio,
in the Mediterranean .
30 people on board the largest passenger wreck of all time lost their lives;
two are still missing.
Nearly a year later, the wreck is still sitting off the Italian coast, mostly submerged.
Because the Costa Concordia is in a nationally protected marine park and coral reef,
it must be removed from the area before it can be dismantled, posing countless difficulties.
In a report on the efforts to remove the wreck, 60 Minutes' Leslie Stahl visited the site
and recounted the remarkable salvage operation, which has a $400 million price tag.
Not only is it the riskiest, most complicated, and most expensive salvage plan
ever undertaken, but no one is sure if it will work.
The ship weighs 60,000 tons and is filled with seawater.
