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Cruise line suggests "significant human error"

GIGLIO, Italy — Maritime authorities, passengers and mounting evidence pointed Sunday toward the captain of a cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, amid accusations that he abandoned ship Rescuers reached two trapped honeymooners in the interior of a cruise ship more than 24 hours after it ran aground off a [...]

2 bodies found on wrecked cruise ship

An Italian firefighter helicopter performs a rescue operation as it flies over the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) GIGLIO, "She had never been on a cruise ship before." That cruise ship was the Costa Concordia, and the couple's [...]

2 Americans unaccounted for in cruise ship

The 984-foot-long cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the island of Giglio, Italy, killing at least three people. More than 4000 people have been evacuated, but 50 are still missing. The night photos remind me of the The 984-foot-long cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the island of Giglio, Italy, killing at least [...]