Italy declares state of emergency on cruise liner wreck
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Xinhua, January 21, 2012
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The Italian government on Friday declared a state of emergency on the disastrous wreck of cruise liner Costa Concordia.
![Italian Navy divers approach the partially submerged Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia that ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at the Tuscan island of Giglio, Jan. 17, 2012. Navy divers set off explosives Tuesday to create small openings in the hull of the cruise liner to speed the search for the 29 missing passengers and crew. [Wang Qingqin/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120121/000cf1bdd03f10844eda01.jpg "Italian Navy divers approach the partially submerged Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia that ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at the Tuscan island of Giglio, Jan. 17, 2012. Navy divers set off explosives Tuesday to create small openings in the hull of the cruise liner to speed the search for the 29 missing passengers and crew. [Wang Qingqin/Xinhua]") |
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Italian Navy divers approach the partially submerged Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia that ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at the Tuscan island of Giglio, Jan. 17, 2012. Navy divers set off explosives Tuesday to create small openings in the hull of the cruise liner to speed the search for the 29 missing passengers and crew. [Wang Qingqin/Xinhua] |
A specialist team from Dutch company SMIT is preparing to pump 2,400 tons of fuels from the vessel tanks, which will take at least one month, according to local authorities.
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