As the wrecked cruise ship Concorida sits in one of Europe´s most pristne marine habitats, preparations began today to remove a half million gallons of fuel from the ship. The race is on to remove the fuel before it leaks into the pristine Tuscan Sea.
Today workers were seen attaching a barge to the ship, marking the first steps of the process. The actual removal of the the fuel is not set to being until Saturday.
The salvage team, workig for the Dutch firm Smit, made the prliminary inspections today on the wrecked ship, preparing to clean up the mega-cruiser. So far the death toll from the accident stands at 16, with still more than a dozen missing.
See below for an animation of the propsed fuel extraction.
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