Officials in Italy Monday suspended an ongoing rescue mission for the 16 people still unaccounted for in wake of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster off the Tuscany coast Friday night, while the C.E.O. of the company admitted human error played a role in the tragedy.
A massive cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Italy Friday night, and the disaster is already being compared to the Titanic.
The Costa Concordia with more than 4,000 people on board apparently hit a reef, tearing a 70- to 100-metre (230- to 330-foot) gash in its hull, just hours after setting off from the Italian port of Civitavecchia near Rome on Friday.
