Finding another corpse rises to 13 deaths in Costa Concordia

Rescue yesterday located a new corpse among the remains of the "Costa Concordia" cruise, which wrecked the day 13 past in waters off the island of Giglio Island, on the coast of Tuscany, Italian Civil Protection sources confirmed to Efe.

Is the lifeless body of a woman who was found around 1520 local time (1420 gmt) in the 7 bridge of the ship, in the submerged area of aft, and wearing the vest lifeboat, they pointed out the sources.

The same sources pointed out that the body recovery operations have not completed yet, and indicated that once he is recovered will be transferred to the hospital of Grossto where will be your identification and subsequent autopsy.

With this new finding, rises to 13 the number of fatal victims of the tragedy of the Costa Concordia, among them a Spanish tourist and a member of the crew of Peruvian nationality, while about a dozen of people u000athey are still officially missing.

Among the missing is the Peruvian Erika Soria, aged 26, he worked as a waitress in the cruise and whose parents have moved to Porto Santo Stefano waiting for find to his daughter.

The head of Civil Protection Italian, Franco Gabrielli, appointed Commissioner for managing the emergency, confirmed yesterday, for its part, that so far only eight of the corpses have been identified.

Gabrielli warned, also of the possibility of the cruiser to travel some people not included in the records, so it did not rule out that the number of missing persons may be more than what he believes.

In this regard, reference was made to the case of a young Hungarian woman, whose disappearance has been reported by their families, to ensure that the girl called them from the ship, and not consisting in any register, so it is believed that he could find on board as guest u000aany member of the crew

Gabrielli warned, even, that there might be people in the interior of the ship have not been reclaimed because it was possibly "clandestine" passengers.

Responsible referred also to the concern aroused by the accident at environmental level, as there in the interior of the nave still 2.380 tons of fuel.

Gabrielli explained that, in levels of hydrocarbons, the analysis performed in the area around the ship have shown normal levels inherent in any area of the port, while toxicity tests have proved negative.

The Dutch company Smit, charged with emptying of fuel that carries the ship has already concluded the first phase of its work with the provision of a system of barriers around the ship to avoid spreading the fuel in the event of spillage.

With regard to the investigation of the incident, the u000aItalian media reported Sunday that seeks a laptop computer allegedly the captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino, took the boat.

Apparently, researchers have identified a woman that Schettino, who is accused of abandoning ship and multiple, among other offences, manslaughter supposedly would have given the computer, which could contain data relevant to the investigation.

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