Divers have officially abandoned their search for bodies still missing inside the wrecked Costa Concordia.
The decision has come despite there being 16 people unaccounted for after the cruise ship disaster - including a five-year-old girl and her father."We have definitively stopped the underwater search inside the ship," a fire brigade spokesman from the Tuscan island of Giglio has been quoted as saying. The Costa Concordia capsized on January 13
The decision to call off the search inside the ship was taken because conditions underwater have been deemed too dangerous for divers.
Italy's Civil Protection agency has said that technical studies indicated that the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to continue the search.
An underwater breach in the hull of the Costa Concordia
It said in a statement that relatives and diplomatic officials representing the countries of the missing have been informed of the decision.
The Concordia ran aground off the island of Giglio on January 13 when the captain deviated from his planned route and struck a reef, creating a huge gash that capsized the ship.
The number of bodies that have been recovered stands at 17.
4:11pm UK, Tuesday January 31, 2012
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