The Costa Concordia was uprighted in a 19-hour effort by engineers from across the globe on Sept. 17. The colossal effort was a success, and the shipwrecked cruiseliner is now floating upright in the waters off the shores of Giglio, an island off the coast of Tuscany, where it first crashed in early 2012.
Captain Francesco Schettino's trail resumed on Monday, Sept. 23 in Grosseto, Italy. Schettino is charged with manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster, and abandoning ship with passengers still on board. Thirty-two of the 4,200 passengers onboard the ship were killed in the capsizing.
Salvage crews and divers have been inspecting the ship in an effort to recover surviving passengers' belongings and get more insight on what happened when it crashed. On Sept. 26, divers found human remains on deck four of the ship. DNA testing will be conducted to determine if the remains belong to two passengers who were missing but presumed dead: Russel Rebello of India and Maria Grazia Trecarichi of Sicily. Their bodies were long believed to be either trapped beneath or inside the ship.
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