On 13 January 2012, the Costa Concordia struck an underwater rock and partially sank off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Tuscany. The eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the last leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio, sailed closer to the island, and struck a rock formation on the sea floor. Although a six-hour rescue effort brought most of the passengers ashore, 34 people died – 27 passengers, five crew, and later, two members of the
