Divers searching the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian coast today found eight bodies on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing five-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.

Divers searching the Costa Concordia off the Italian coast have found what appear to be four more bodies on the cruise ship.

The captain of grounded cruise liner Costa Concordia said he tripped and fell from the listing vessel and never intended to abandon his passengers as details emerged about the dead and missing.