Twelve months have passed since the Costa Concordia spectacularly hit the rocks off the Italian island of Giglio to become one of shipping’s most notorious disasters. Attempts to address safety failings since the accident have still not got off the ground.
Unanswered questions still hang over whether a more robust structure could have kept the foundering cruiseship afloat longer or how improved operations and evacuation procedures might have saved some of the 32 lives lost among the 4,300 passengers on board.
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