But on January 13, 2012 at about 9:45pm in calm seas and overcast weather, the Costa Concordia ... water to find himself inside the huge central atrium of the ship, which sits above the waterline.

The former hub of the Costa Concordia, the atrium area is now abandoned.(Jonathan Danko Kielkowski) Intrigued by the idle ship, Kielkowski swam to the ship to capture the aftermath of the tragedy ...

The Costa Concordia had 1,500 cabins ... was decorated to the nines. Check out that atrium ceiling Glass elevators carried passengers from floor to floor An outdoor movie theater played the ...

A once-luxurious atrium is nearly unrecognizable. The outside is in bad shape, too. The raising of the Costa Concordia is one of the biggest maritime salvage operations in history, Reuters notes.

These evocative images show the inside of the doomed Costa Concordia after more than two ... reveals the once ornate balconies overlooking an atrium, with sea water now lapping at its base.

The Costa Concordia disaster remains one of the most infamous maritime tragedies of the 21st century. On January 13, 2012, ...

The Costa Concordia made its maiden voyage in June ... This ship has a nine-decks-high, glass-domed rotunda atrium lobby, with a lively bar on the lowest deck, adjacent to the reception and ...

The shock of seeing the forlorn hulk of the Costa Concordia hasn’t been dimmed by time. I’m here once again on the pristine little Italian island of Giglio, made famous not for its beauty ...

ROME -- Italian Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty today for causing the fatal shipwreck of the Costa Concordia and sentenced to 16 years in prison, according to a three-judge panel.

She is working on a novel based on the Costa Concordia disaster. On a sweltering afternoon in the middle of August, Nick Sloane is chatting with a couple of journalists over beer at an outdoor ...

The Costa Concordia had in fact been heading at full speed toward rocks. As the black box indicates, Schettino says, he ordered a turn to port, to the left, but it appears the opposite happened.