Incredble Photos...Raising of the Concordia

[ART]

Not often do the online papers provide so many photos, but today the Mail excels itself. Also give graphic details of how the raising of the ship was achieved and what the next stage is and how they will stablise Concordia.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2421734/Costa-Concordia-Cruise-liner-winched-upright-lengthy-500m-operation-raise-stricken-liner-coast-Italy.html

[Whitey Grandad]

The whole operation in a two minute time lapse:

 

http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers ... 13515.html

 

Edit:

 

I've just noticed the video on The Mail web page.

Edited 17 September, 2013 by Whitey Grandad

[RonManager]

I stayed up til 4am and watched the whole thing live on the BBC website.

[SNSUN]

It's quite something, especially when you see it in that time lapse. I hope they find the missing 2 bodies so their families get closure, although it's a possibility they floated away the night it happened.

[John Boy Saint]

£500m to Salvage a £370m ship, they wont be recouping much of that down the scrappy!!

[Lazlo78]

I think you linked to a wrong picture - these are the raisins of the Concordia!

 

 

(amazing pictures, btw )