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Costa Concordia finally towed from Giglio amid environmental concerns that cruise liner is a 'floating bomb'.
As the Costa Concordia began its final journey to the scrapyard, environmental campaigners warned of the potential damages to the marine ecosystem as it sweeps through 200 nautical miles of lush Mediterranean seas.
The 290-metre corroding cruise ship was towed from Giglio, the Italian island it struck two-and-a-half-years ago – a maritime disaster that killed 32 people.
Show all 25 1 /25In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia Costa Concordia cruise ship after being refloated using air tanks attached to its sides at Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is carried away in front of the harbour of Isola del Giglio, after it was refloated using air tanks attached to its sides, off Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is towed away in front of the harbour of Isola del Giglio
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia People watch as the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia is towed by tugs from Giglio after being refloated, in Isola del Giglio
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia The wreck of the Costa Concordia is towed by two tugboats as it leaves behind the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia Costa Concordia cruise ship after being refloated using air tanks attached to its sides at Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its starboard side after it ran aground off the coast of the Isola del Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia Young people sit on a stone wall while works to re-float of the wreck of the 'Costa Concordia' cruise ship continue off the coast of the Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An aerial view of the refloated wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia Costa Concordia leaning on its starboard side after running aground on the tiny Tuscan Island of Giglio
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia A boat sails in front of the wreck of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, held up by giant tanks in the final stages of the refloating phase, in the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia A view of the on-going works to remove the Costa Concordia cruise ship on Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia The name of the Costa Concordia cruise ship appears above the water line after being refloated using air tanks attached to its side at the Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia The "Fagioli" installations part of the technical mechanism to refloat the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship during the operation to remove the liner off the Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia Water is expelled from the caissons hooked on the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship during an operation to refloat the boat off the Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An area inside the Costa Concordia cruise liner at Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An interior of Costa Concordia cruise ship
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An interior of Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An interior of Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An interior of Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An interior of Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An interior of Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An area inside the Costa Concordia cruise liner at Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An area inside the Costa Concordia cruise liner at Giglio Island
In pictures: Costa Concordia cruise ship Costa Concordia An interior of Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck
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