The Costa Concordia still lies next to the rocky outcrops off Giglio Island in Italy's Tuscan coast.
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The cruise liner struck rocks and turned on its side January 13 off the Italian island of Giglio.
Police are investigating why the accident happened in calm conditions, a few hundred metres from the island of Giglio.
The chief prosecutor in the city of Grosseto told reporters that the vessel had "very ineptly got close to Giglio".
Capt Schettino had been trying to carry out a spectacular, night-time, sail-past salute to people on Giglio, the experts say.
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Capt Schettino steered the vessel closer to land to where it now lies on its side just metres off Giglio island.
The night of the accident, many survivors sought shelter in churches and other buildings on the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio.
When MS Costa Concordia struck the rocks off Isola del Giglio Jan. 13, more than just a single cruise liner ran aground.
Costa said efforts to prevent damage to Giglio's tourism industry would include housing workers involved in the recovery operation on the mainland.
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There is the constant buzz of generators and drills in Giglio's harbor.
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About two hours into the trip, he set a course that brought the ship to within 200 yards of Giglio's rocky coast, Italian officials said.
At least 30 people died when the cruise liner struck rocks and turned on its side off the Italian island of Giglio on January 13.
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He said the company had given approval for a Costa ship to steer close to the port of Giglio once, at the end of last summer.
When the cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a reef off the island of Giglio on January 13, international attention inevitably focused on the actions of the master.
At least 16 people died and 16 are still missing following the ship's January 13 collision with rocks close to the shore of the Italian island of Giglio.
The ship remains partially submerged off the island of Giglio.
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Upon making its approach to Giglio's tiny port, the Costa Concordia hit a rock that sent water gushing into its hull as the ship silently glided past the port.
The day's events also included the dedication of a plaque with the victims' names on a wall in Giglio's harbor and a violin concert held in a local church.
But even when the ship is gone in September or October, the memories of Friday 13th in January 2012 will remain vivid here -- the night disaster made Giglio notorious.
Although there is no permanent memorial to the tragedy on Giglio, many islanders are reminded about the disaster every time they look out of their window and see the wreck.
It has been lying on its side off the island of Giglio, on the coast of Tuscany, since it capsized a year ago with the loss of more than 30 lives.
The day was a somber reminder of the lives lost in the shipwreck, but it was also important for the 900 residents of Giglio to commemorate an event that changed their island forever.
Schettino abandoned ship shortly after she landed on Giglio island but, lucky for the passengers, many crew members heroically remained aboard the doomed vessel to search for missing passengers and escort others to safety.
"The plan to re-float the hull in one piece gives top priority to minimising environmental impact, to protecting Giglio's economy and tourism industry, and to maximum safety of the work, " Costa Cruises said in a statement.
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Last year, after the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Giglio, Italy, Rockefeller held a Commerce Committee hearing to examine deficiencies in the cruise line industry's compliance with federal safety, security, and environmental standards and review industry regulations.
The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says that whatever the cause of the crash, it has revived memories of the accident involving the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012, which left 32 people dead.
We also found compelling evidence that Schettino's decision to "salute" the island of Giglio by sailing perilously close caused the accident, but also that this wasn't the first time the Costa Concordia had sailed within a few hundred yards of the rocks.
Second, the four of us each reached into our networks to solicit names from other savvy insiders (special thanks to president of the James Beard Foundation Susan Ungaro, Rick Tramonto, Thomas Keller and Anthony Giglio, among many others).
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