Summary
16 January 2012
Rescue workers searching a capsized cruise liner off the Italian island of Giglio say they have found another body. This brings the confirmed number of dead to six so far.
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Alan Johnston
The capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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The major inquiry into how this disaster came about is now gathering momentum, and more and more, the actions of the captain are coming under suspicion.
He's maintained that his vessel was far enough out to sea and that whatever it struck was not marked on his charts.
The coastguard however says the vessel was just too close to this rocky shoreline and a statement by the captain's employers says that he may have made what it described as "significant errors".
Meanwhile the search of the wreck has continued through the night and at around 2 am, one of the teams working its way through the maze of cabins and other rooms, found the body of a man lying in a corridor.
He's yet to be identified but he's believed to have been a passenger rather than a member of the crew.
The discovery of this latest body brings to six the number of people confirmed to have died in the disaster.
Alan Johnston
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Vocabulary
- gathering momentum
getting faster and more detailed
- coming under suspicion
being questioned
- vessel
boat or a ship
- coastguard
organisation which ensures the safety of ships and boats near the coast
- shoreline
coast
- the wreck
the remains of a ship which has sunk
- maze
confusing system of passages
- cabins
rooms in a boat or ship where people sleep
- corridor
passage between rooms
- member of the crew
person who works on a ship or plane
