On 13 January 2012, at around 22:00 local time, Costa Concordia, after three hours of sailing, ran aground on a reef just off the shore of Isola del Giglio on the western coast of Italy. The ship began listing heavily towards the starboard side and sank partially. As a result of the impact on the rocks, a 150-metre wide hole, was made.
The ship was carrying 3,200 passengers (around 1000 Italians, 500 Spaniards, 160 French and some Chinese) and 1,000 crew; in the next few days the bodies of 11 people were found. Two South Korean passengers and an Italian crew member were rescued from the ship on 15 January, more than 24 hours after the accident. As of 16 January 2012 around 16 people had not been accounted for. By 18 January, the figures had been revised to eleven confirmed dead and 23 missing.It was originally an 8-day cruise, starting from Civitavecchia (奇維塔韋基亞 Italy) to Savona (薩沃納 Italy) , then to Barcelona (巴塞隆納 Spain), Palma (帕爾馬 Spain), Tunis (突尼斯 Tunisia), Palermo (巴勒莫 Italy) and back to the starting port.
She was built at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy. The name Concordia was intended to express the wish for "continuing harmony, unity, and peace between European nations.
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This is a tragedy that should not have happened.
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