An eerie look inside the ship. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
CRUMBLING stairs, ceilings ripped into shreds, muddy luggage abandoned in the hallway and broken chairs strewn around the lobby.
The haunting remains of the Costa Concordia ship which sank off the Tuscan island of Giglio in 2012, killing 32 people, have been captured in a series of incredible and eerie images.
Freelance photographer Jonathan Danko Kielkowski was so intrigued by the vessel, which has been sitting in a watery grave following the disaster, that he swam 200 metres to the rusting ship to capture what lay inside before it vanished forever.
While Mr Kielkowski was caught by the coast guard on his first attempt to swim to the Concordia, his second trip was successful. And the results, which are being released in a book, are nothing short of captivating.
Stairs strewn all over the place. Picture: Jonathan Danko KielkowskiSource:Supplied
DISASTER, DEATH AND THE CONCORDIA
The biggest Italian passenger ship ever built — the length of three football fields — the 114,500-tonne Concordia was once a grand vessel boasting four swimming pools, tennis courts, 13 bars, a cinema and a casino.
But disaster struck on the evening of January 13, 2012. In calm seas, 4229 passengers from 70 countries were settling into the first night of their cruise when their luxury liner struck a rocky outcrop. Among them were 23 Australians.
Captain Francesco Schettino had allegedly been trying to impress people, particularly a head waiter, with a risky “sail-past salute”.
The crash tore a massive gash in its hull and it veered sharply as the water poured in, eventually keeling over and sparking a panicky evacuation.
Many of those who survived were traumatised, including Perth couple Rob Elcombe and Tracey Gunn.
“We are both suffering post traumatic stress, depression and its been pretty bad years for us,” Mr Elcombe said a year after the disaster.
No longer majestic. Picture: Jonathan Danko KielkowskiSource:Supplied
Captain Schettino, who became known as “Captain Coward”, was sentenced to 16 years jail for his role in the capsizing of the ocean liner, after a 19-month trial. He was accused of causing a shipwreck and abandoning his vessel with passengers and crew still on-board.
Captain Francesco Schettino pictured in 2013.Source:AP
In July 2014 the 114,500-tonne cruise ship was towed from its island wreck site to a scrapyard grave in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history. The rusting liner, roughly twice the size of the Titanic, was tugged to the port of Genoa in northwest Italy, where it is the process of being dismantled and scrapped.
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Eerie photos of the Costa Concordia that sank in 2012. Picture: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
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