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Salvaging Costa Concordia

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From:Raising the Costa Concordia Shipwreck: How Do They Do It? by Mark Fischetti at Observations.

Source: Don Foley

The salvage operation for the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy last year killing 32 people, is the largest operation of its kind. Just how exactly does one right a 114,000-tonne, 290-meter-long wreck from a marine sanctuary without doing more harm than good? Illustrator Dan Foley takes us through the process.

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