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Search for Costa Concordia missing called off
Source: CBS/Associated Press
January 31, 2012 9:32 AM
Search for Costa Concordia missing called off
(CBS/AP)
Updated at 10:22 a.m. ET
GIGLIO, Italy - Italian emergency officials are ending the search for missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship due to the danger to rescue workers.
Italy's Civil Protection agency said Tuesday that technical studies indicated the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to continue the search within it. Relatives of the missing and diplomatic officials representing their countries have been informed of the decision, it said in a statement.
A spokeswoman for Civil Protection, Francesca Maffini, stressed that the search for the missing would continue wherever possible, including on the part of the ship above the water, in the waters surrounding the ship and along the nearby coastline.
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Search for Costa Concordia missing called off
(CBS/AP)
Updated at 10:22 a.m. ET
GIGLIO, Italy - Italian emergency officials are ending the search for missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship due to the danger to rescue workers.
Italy's Civil Protection agency said Tuesday that technical studies indicated the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to continue the search within it. Relatives of the missing and diplomatic officials representing their countries have been informed of the decision, it said in a statement.
A spokeswoman for Civil Protection, Francesca Maffini, stressed that the search for the missing would continue wherever possible, including on the part of the ship above the water, in the waters surrounding the ship and along the nearby coastline.
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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57368784/search-for-costa-concordia-missing-called-off/