Twenty-Nine Missing in Costa Concordia wreck

Indians rescued in Italy cruise mishap-Hunt is on for one missing Indian.

Hundred thirty Indians were rescued on lifeboats after a luxury cruise liner ran aground off the Tuscan coast in Italy. At least five people died and 17 remained unaccounted for. None of them are Indian. Divers are trying to find more survivors.  The 290-metre-long, 1,500-cabin Costa Concordia liner hit a reef near the Giglio island at around 8 pm local time, after which the ship tilted heavily to one side.Most of the 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members had been evacuated.“We were dining when the lights went out,” one of the passengers told Ansa. “We heard a bang and a roar, and dishes crashed to the floor.” It was first reported that the ship suffered an electrical failure, but soon afterwards, everyone was ordered to wear life-jackets, media report. Tourist on board  were Indians Italians, Germans, French and British among the 3,200 passengers.Helicopters with spotlights are used to help rescuers.

Costa Concordia liner with nearly 4,200 passengers on board, ran aground off the Isola del Giglio island late on Friday initial  reports said at least 16 people were missing.And confirmed death toll in this disaster rose to six on Monday after rescuers discovered three more victims, including the bodies of two elderly men wearing life vests inside the vessel.“I have received a report from the Grosseto prefecture saying that 29 people are listed as missing  25 passengers and four crew members,” port official Marco Brusco said late on Monday.10 Germans and six Italians among the missing and the fate of four French citizens and two Americans was also unknown.

Russians aboard the ship at 108 were found alive in an  cruise shipwreck near the coast of Tuscany,
 Indian tourists on board ,are safe and back found alive in an Italian cruise shipwreck near the coast of Tuscany and those missing are being traced.Italian prosecutors said they detained Captain Francesco Schettino and First Mate Ciro Ambrosio. They are suspected of manslaughter and abandoning ship in distress.media agencies