Costa Concordia disaster timeline

1 Civitavecchia 

Giglio Island

TYRRHENIAN SEA

Rome

ITALY

Elba

50km 30 miles
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2 Scole rocks

Route of Costa Concordia Jan 13, 2012

Collision

TYRRHENIAN SEA

3 Emergency turn

4 Giglio harbour

GIGLIO ISLAND

500m 1,650ft
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1 Jan 13, 2012. 7pm: Costa Concordia departs Civitavecchia, carrying 4,229 people. Route setelectronically before leaving port

2 21.45: Ship strikes rocks off island of Giglio, after captain Francesco Schettino (inset) orders departure from intended route. Ship rapidly takes on water

3 Ship begins to list as captain tries to turn vessel towards Giglio harbour

4 22:54: Liner runs aground. Order to evacuate given, but lifeboats on one side of tilting ship are unusable. Captain leaves ship, is ordered back on board. Disaster claims 32 lives

Jan 14: Prosecutors detain Schettino on charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. Five other crew members are arrested

Jan 17: Ship’s owner, Costa Crociere, agrees to pay passengers €11,000 each in compensation

Apr 2013: Costa Crociere accepts limited responsibility for disaster and is fined €1 million

Jul: Trial of Schettino begins in city of Grosseto. Court accepts plea bargains for other suspects, handing down jail sentences of six months to two years and 10 months for multiple manslaughter, negligence and shipwreck

Jul 2014: Concordia refloated and towed to Genoa to be scrapped

Feb 11, 2015: Schettino is found guilty of multiple manslaughter and abandoning his passengers and crew. He is sentenced to 16 years in prison
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Source: Marine Casualties Investigative Body

Picture: Associated Press

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