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Shipwrecked Costa Concordia pulled upright

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The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright early Sept. 17 during a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized last year.

Shortly after 4 a.m., a foghorn wailed on Giglio Island and Italy's Civil Protection agency announced that the ship had reached vertical and that the operation to rotate it was complete.

The Concordia slammed into a reef off the island on Jan. 13, 2012, after the captain brought it too close to shore. (AP)

座礁した大型客船、１年８ヵ月ぶりに水平に

昨年１月にイタリア中部のジリオ島近くで座礁し、横たわったままだった大型客船コスタ・コンコルディア。９月17日、同船を水平に戻す19時間の作業が完了した。

The Japan Times ST: September 27, 2013