Cruise captain under scrutiny, another body found (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 01/16/2012 - 2:08am

An Italian firefighter helicopter airlifts a rescued passenger from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012.<br /><br />Firefighters worked Sunday to rescue a crew member with a suspected broken leg from the overturned hulk of the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia, 36 hours after it ran aground.<br /><br />More than 40 people are still unaccounted-for. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - The captain of a cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast faced accusations from authorities and passengers that he abandoned ship before everyone was safely evacuated as rescuers found another body on the overturned vessel.




 

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