Search for bodies in capsized cruise liner called off

Italian authorities have ended the search for bodies on the submerged sections of the Costa Concordia, more than two weeks after the giant cruise liner capsized off the Tuscan coast.

A statement from the civil protection authority said conditions on the wreck had made it impossible for divers to continue working safely in the underwater sections of the 290-metre-long ship.

It said the decision had been finalised after the families of the 15 people still unaccounted for had been informed.