Final journey: Wreck of tragic Costa Concordia
The wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise liner made its final journey today as it was towed to its last berth, where it will be dismantled.
The vessel, which ran aground in seas near the Tuscan isle of Giglio in 2012, leading to 32 deaths, was pulled 10 miles across a port in Genoa, Italy, so it can be scrapped.
The 144,500-tonne ship was moved by two tugboats this afternoon, 10 months after it first arrived in the harbour to be taken apart.
A total of 32 people were killed when the Costa Concordia hit rocks and listed, trapping people inside, making it Italy's worst maritime disaster since the Second World War.
Francesco Schettino, dubbed 'Captain Coward' after he fled the ship before its 4,200 passengers were safely ashore, was sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter.
The 54-year-old was given ten years for manslaughter, five for causing a shipwreck, one for abandoning ship, and a further month for giving false information to port authorities.
A court heard that Schettino was a 'reckless idiot' who had been showing off to a waiter on board the ship, and a friend on Giglio island, when he steered the ship close to the shore on the night of January 13.
For the scrap: The vessel, ran aground in seas near the Tuscan isle of Giglio in 2012, killing 32 people as it tipped into the water
The 144,500-tonne ship was moved by two tugboats this afternoon, 10 months after it first arrived in the Genoan harbour to be taken apart
Final journey: Two tugboats pulled the wreckage of the Costa Concordia 10 miles across a port in Genoa, Italy, so it can be scrapped
The boats moved the 290-meter vessel for a 10 mile journey from the Seawall pier to the Molo Ex Superbacino dock in Genoa, Italy
It took months for rescue divers to scour the wreckage of the Costa Concordia for the remains of those who died on board
Other cargo ships passed by as the huge ship was towed across the Italian harbour, more than three years after the disaster
Francesco Schettino, dubbed 'Captain Coward' after he fled the ship before its 4,200 passengers were safely ashore, was sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter
A total of 32 people were killed in the disaster, which left more than 100 people injured as they fled the sinking cruise liner
It took more than two years to re-float the vessel in a costly salvage operation which also saw the death of a rescue diver
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