Workers make their way out to the wrecked ship Costa Concordia before the start of the refloating operations on July 14, 2014 in Isola del Giglio, Italy. Photo: Photo by Laura Lezza/Getty Images GIGLIO, Italy — The shipwrecked Costa Concordia has been successfully refloated in preparation for towing it away for scrapping.
Authorities expressed satisfaction that the operation to float the Concordia from an underwater platform had proceeded without a hitch early Monday. The cruise liner struck a reef in January 2012 and capsized, killing 32 people.
The ship was set upright in September, and then crews fastened huge tanks to its flanks, like water wings, to float it.
Italy’s environmental minister told reporters that the operation will only be finished when the ship is successfully transported to the port of Genoa for scrapping. Towing is set for later this month.
Concordia’s Italian captain is being tried in Tuscany for manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship before all were evacuated.
Workers carry on the operations on the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, to put put it afloat, on the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandro La Rocca, LaPresse)
A general view shows the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship during an operation to refloat the liner on July 14, 2014 off the Giglio Island. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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