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200 Indian Passengers of Capsized Italian Liner Returning

  •   Thu, Jan 19 2012 10:13:56 AM

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS): The 200 Indians, who were rescued from the Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, which had hit a rock and sank off the coast of Italy last week, will return to India by Thursday, officials said.

"200 Indian nationals rescued from Costa Concordia will return here today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday)," officials of the external affairs ministry said here.

The ministry has also set up help desks at the airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad to help out relatives of those returning home.

There were 203 Indians were on board the ship - one passenger and 202 crew members. Of them, 201 Indians were rescued.

Only one Indian, the 33-year-old Robello Russel Terence, is missing. The government has stepped up efforts to trace the missing Indian. After the rescue, one Indian is staying back.

The Italian luxury liner was carrying more than 4,200 people when it ran aground on a reef off Giglio island in western Italy. More than 60 people were injured in the incident and six killed.
  

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  • greg, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 19 2012

    It is now learnt that a woman was in the Captain's cabin ( could be speculative ) when the ship ran aground and who was not accounted for on the ships charter roll, acc to the ships agents.

    It is sad that 100 million dollars were lost as cost of the ship alone plus the innocent lives of the pax's and crew which cannot be valued in terms of money.May the souls of the departed rest in peace.AMEN.

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