Incidente della nave Costa Concordia – Isola del Giglio (Toscana, Italy) At least six people were killed, 15 injured and an unknown number of missing people, Friday night after a collision of Costa Concordia cruise ship, a few hundred yards from Isola del Giglio; the ship ran aground on a sand bank just off the island, located off of Tuscany’s coast. Costa Concordia left Civitavecchia today, heading toward Savona on the Italian Riviera. About two hours later, passengers heard a loud thump, and the lights went out. Passengers in the restaurant saw their tables were tilting, and dishes sliding to the floor. The collision occurred during dinnertime. Some passengers, panicked, jumped off the decks believing there would be a massive plunge to the bottom of the ocean; some of the passengers who leaped from … Read entire article »