Costa Concordia: Woman's body found, bringing toll to 17

The Costa Concordia is still lying on its side off Giglio island

 

Divers searching the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship in Italy have found the body of a woman, bringing the death toll to 17.

The body was found in a submerged part of the vessel, which ran aground off the Tuscan coast with more than 4,200 people on board, on 13 January.
Another 15 people are still missing.
The operation to start emptying fuel tanks has been halted because of bad weather. Salvage crews are expecting to resume work early next week.
Dutch salvage company SMIT has withdrawn a barge that had been placed alongside the hulk of the Costa Concordia.
Divers are hoping to install external tanks to pump more than 2,300 tonnes of diesel out of the 290m-long vessel.
The operation is expected to take about four weeks to complete.
The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says the delay will add to fears that a leak could cause an environmental disaster in the marine national park.
The Costa Concordia is lying on its side off Giglio island, where it hit rocks at the start of a Mediterranean cruise.
The captain, Francesco Schettino, is under house arrest while his actions are being investigated.
He is accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship before all passengers were evacuated. He denies the allegations.