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Monday morning, they pumped compressed air into those boxes. raising it some two meters off massive underwater steel platforms. next, they began to tug the concordia 30 meters east. it was a dangerous and tricky procedure. the ship is rotting, and there was a real risk the bottom of it could give way. once the ship was afloat, under water divers went to work to find the remains of a 32-year-old crew member. russell rebelo is the last missing casualty of the disaster. over the next few days, divers will begin to attach chains and cables to help secure the ship s vulnerable underbelly. and they ll lower some of the metal boxes on the star board side of the ship. then the full refloat begins. lifting the concordia up, deck by deck, clearing any debris along the way. once this ship is completely floated, the plan is to tug it slowly and carefully some 200 ....
Engineering. now, it s finally set to float again. for the past ten months, engineers have been hard at work, attaching metal boxes to either side of the concordia. when the final checks are complete and the weather right, they will be able to drain the water from the boxes. in its place, they will pump compressed air, caution the ship to float. at first, they will raise it just two meters. it s a dangerous and tricky procedure. the ship is rotting and there s a real risk the bottom of it could give way. they will then tug the concordia 30 theaters in the east and lower some of the metal box on the starboard side of the ship. they will then attach more chain and cables to help reinforce the bottom. then, the full refloat begins, lifting the concordia up, deck by deck, clearing any debris along the way. once the ship is completely floated, they will tow it, slowly and carefully, 240 kilometers to the italian port ....
more than 20 people still unaccounted for. rescuers are blowing holes in the side of the ship to get where they think people might be located. they found five bodies yesterday nap matt c . confirm death toll is 11. the man at the controls that might is now under house arrest today. prosecutors say they are speechless that he s even out of jail. they want to charge him with manslaughter and abandoning his post. we also learned today that it might not be the first time that that same ship was dangerously close to that s land. more in a couple of minutes. but first listen to this passenger who told us today what it was like. people s faces were panicked and they were trying to jump in and they just started hitting people with anything they could, the oars, poles, trying to push people back. but people kept persisting. and that s really when the screaming started and everyone was screaming and that s when they said we need to go, we need to get this down and it was just h ....
middle-class families pay. we ll explain what s going on. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized costa philosopconcord the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship s captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning the transcript between outrages authorities on shore and the captain. matthew chance is faults this unfold. what s the latest, matthew? reporter: these transcripts and recordings that have emerged of astonishing. they show conversations that were taking place between the captain of the costa concordia. his name is francesco scampino. the coast guard asking about the situation. he sounds confused. then emerges much to the astonishment of is the coast guard that the c ....