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On 13 January 2012, the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when the cruise ship deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio, Italy in order to perform a sail-by salute, and as a consequence struck a rock formation on the sea floor. This caused the ship to list and then to partially sink, landing unevenly on an underwater ledge. Although a six-hour rescue effort brought most of the passengers ashore, 32 people died: 27 passengers and five crew members. A member of the salvage team also died following injuries received during the recovery operation.

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• Costa Concordia Cruise ship that ran aground in a 2012 maritime accident
• Francesco Schettino Italian sea captain responsible for the 2012 Costa Concordia disaster

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