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The Costa Concordia cruise ship, which has remained capsized in the waters off the island of Giglio since crashing into rocks in January 2012, is set to be lifted to an upright position on Monday, starting at 6 am, weather permitting.A team of engineers plans to gradually rotate and roll the ship into an upright position using powerful jacks and steel cables attached along the entire length of the ship. The very complex operation, known as “parbuckling”, is expected to take 10 to 12 hours to complete. The raising needs to be done slowly to avoid fracturing, a possibility that Franco Gabrielli, head of the Italian Civil Protection Agency, said is “remote.” Another problem may be caused by the possible spilling of contaminated internal waters into the sea. However, chief engineer Nicholas Sloane said they will have “a whole lot of absorbent booms and oil pollution barriers. Also we’ll have fishing nets hanging down to catch any debris.” If all goes according to plan, the ship will come to rest on an underwater platform.
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