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More than 6,000 passengers are barred from disembarking a cruise ship docked at Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy, after authorities expressed concern that two Chinese passengers have the coronavirus.
2020-01-30

A court in the city of Grosseto convicts the former captain of the "Costa Concordia", Francesco Schettino, of manslaughter for his part in the ship's January 2012 sinking, and sentences him to 16 years in jail.
2015-02-11

The "Costa Concordia" is pulled completely upright from the place where it sunk in early 2012 off the coast of Tuscany in Italy.
2013-09-17

Francesco Schettino, former captain of the "Costa Concordia" cruise ship, goes on trial in Italy for manslaughter and abandoning ship during the disaster on 13 January 2012.
2013-07-9

The criminal case associated with the wreck of the "Costa Concordia" starts in Italy.
2012-03-3

Italian divers end their search for victims in the Costa Concordia disaster in the underwater section of the wreck.
2012-01-31

"Costa Concordia" disaster: The body of a woman is discovered by search teams aboard the stricken cruise ship "Costa Concordia", bringing the confirmed death toll of the ship's capsizing to 12. Rescue efforts continue apace, as it is feared the ship may soon slip into deeper waters off the Italian coast.
2012-01-21

Italian cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino admits having made navigational errors that led to the capsizing of the "Costa Concordia" in Italian waters on January 13, killing at least 11 people.
2012-01-18

Three trapped survivors are rescued from the capsized cruise ship "Costa Concordia", over 24 hours after it ran aground off the coast of Italy. Two corpses are also found, bringing the known death toll of the incident to five.
2012-01-15

Italian communist militant Cesare Battisti is freed from jail in Brazil after the Brazilian Constitutional Court rules against extraditing him to face charges in Italy.
2011-06-9