Costa Concordia Disaster: Remembering the Capsizing of an Italian Cruise Ship
A Tragic Event in Maritime History
On 13 January 2012, the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the.
The Costa Concordia disaster refers to the capsizing of an Italian cruise ship on January 13, 2012. The ship ran aground near the island of Giglio, Italy, and capsized, resulting in the deaths of 32 people. The disaster was one of the deadliest maritime accidents in recent history.
The Costa Concordia was built in 2006 and was one of the largest cruise ships in the world at the time of its accident. The ship was on a seven-day cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it ran aground on a reef near the island of Giglio. The impact caused a large hole in the ship's hull, which allowed water to flood into the ship and cause it to capsize.
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