Five passengers found at the front of the ship below the waterlineFour men and one woman in their 50s and 60s discovered

Known death toll now stands at 11Italian divers today set off explosives to gain easier access inside

By

Lee Moran

Updated:

21:04 GMT, 17 January 2012

The bodies of five more passengers have been found in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia taking the confirmed death toll to 11.

Four men and one woman, in their 50s and 60s, were discovered together civil law punishments the front of the cruise liner below the waterline. It comes after Italian navy divers set off

explosives to create openings in the hull of the ship that ran aground near a Tuscan island on Friday.

Navy spokesman Alessandro Busonero said micro-charges placed on the side of the ship created four openings to allow divers 'to enter easily for the search'.

Extensive debris and the 'sideways' nature of the ship has hampered rescuers from getting into sections of the stricken vessel. The holes were made both above and below the water level.

Television footage showed them to be less than 6ft in diameter.

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Discovery: A scuba diver is pictured dragging a body out from the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia as the confirmed death toll rises to 11

Blasting through: The bright flash of an explosion shows where Italian navy divers have used 'micro-charges' to force their way through the hull of the capsized Costa Concordia - in a bid to find missing passengers and crew

Peeling the hull away: Rescuers use an inflatable raft to get to the blast points and continue their search for survivors. Debris and the 'sideways' nature of the ship have hampered rescue efforts

Frantic effort: A plume from another of the four explosions is seen rising from the Costa Concordia. Divers have blown holes in the ship above and below the water line so that they can get to previously inaccessible sections

Mr Busonero said the rescuers were

racing against time.

The tragedy

has turned into a potential environmental crisis as rough seas

battering the stricken ship raised fears that fuel might leak into

the pristine waters around Giglio island.

The Italian operator of the Costa

Concordia has accused the ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, who is in custody, of

causing the accident, saying he made an 'unapproved, unauthorised

manoeuvre' to divert the vessel from its programmed course.

Earlier, authorities had said 16

people were missing. But Italian coastguard official Marco Brusco said

last night that 25 passengers and four crew members were still unaccounted for four days after the ship struck a reef and capsized.

Mr

Brusco did not explain the reason for the rise, but at least three

Italian families have said that even though their loved ones have been

listed among those safely evacuated, they hadn't heard any word from

their relatives.

Mr

Brusco also said about ten Germans and two Americans were among the 29 missing.

He said there was still 'a

glimmer of hope' that there could be survivors on parts of the vast liner that have yet to be searched.

The last survivor, a crewman who had broken his leg, was rescued on Sunday.

Difficult conditions: A stairwell disappearing into homicide by state ship shows how divers have had to navigate a world turned on it side, while smashed windows to the left of the picture is evidence of previous search attempts

Confusing mess: Tangled cables and lifeboats lowered on top of each other show the chaotic nature of the evacuation

Suspended: Rescue divers stopped searching for missing people yesterday, for a period, after the Costa Concordia started to slip into the sea

The name of another missing person has also been revealed - 30-year-old honeymooner Maria D'Introno, of Biella near Turin, who had been on the ship with husband Vincenzo Rosselli and other family members to celebrate their marriage.

All apart from Maria reached the safety of the shore by jumping into the water and swimming to a nearby headland while wearing life jackets.

Vincenzo said: 'The main thing on my mind as we were swimming towards the shore was for my 74-year-old father who has a problem with his hip. We all had life jackets but Maria couldn't swim and she was scared of the water.'

The

partially-sunken liner slipped further into the sea during high winds

yesterday and is now lying on its side in about 45ft of water.

There

are fears that the precariously-perched vessel could break completely

free from its rocky ledge at any moment and plummet hundreds of feet to

the bottom of the Mediterranean.

There are also concerns that, if the

vessel shifts even slightly, it could puncture its fuel tanks.

Wrecked: This photograph of scattered furniture in a dining room deep inside the vessel shows how difficult the search effort is

Mess: The level of destruction and damage inside

the Costa Concordia can be seen here as an Italian coastguard diver

searches for missing passengers

Underwater world: All areas of the liner that are above water have now been searched, indicating faint hopes of finding more survivors

Despite the threat of

imminent catastrophe, rescue workers resumed their search for the 29 passengers

still unaccounted for, trawling through the ship's maze of corridors and

cabins.

COSTA CONCORDIA'S VICTIMS:

Missing - 29

William Arlotti, 34, and daughter Dyana, 5, - from Rimini, Italy

Honeymooner Maria D'Introno, 30, of Biella near Turin

Erika Soria - Peruvian crew member, 26

Russell Rebello - Indian crew member, 30

Jerry and Barbara Heil, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, U.S.

Frenchman Francis Servel, 71, who handed his wife Nicole, 61, his lifejacket

* 14 Germans, 6 Italians, 4 French, 2 Americans, One each from India, Peru and Hungary

Dead - 6

Giovanni Masia - 86 - from Italy

Guillermo Gual - 68 - from Spain

Peruvian crew member Tomas Costilla Mendoza

Two, as yet unnamed, French passengers

Unidentified man found on Monday morning

* These are only the people who have been named by Italian authorities.

The emergency services confirmed that all the areas of the

liner that are above water had now been searched.

A five-year-old Italian girl Dyana Arlotti, and her father William, 34, from Rimini, are believed to be among those still missing.

Dyana's mother, Susy Albertini

told Italian newspaper Voce di Romagna: 'I have made hundreds of phone

calls to my ex-husband, but he does not respond.

'I called all the

authorities, the Police Prefecture to the Marina di Grosseto, the fire

department, but nobody can tell me anything about my daughter.

'The

last time I saw Dyana was Thursday morning. I took her to kindergarten.

'In the evening her father picked her up. It is not the first time she

has gone with her father on a cruise.

'I

heard there were problems on the ship on Saturday morning from his

parents.

'Meanwhile, I continue to call everyone and no one can tell me

anything about my daughter.'

Mr

Arlotti's cousin, Sabrina Ottaviani, posted an appeal on Facebook which

said: 'My cousin and little niece are still missing. They slid into the

water in a corridor between muster point A and B.

'Someone

told his girlfriend that they were pulled up by rope but there is no

trace of them... if someone truly saw them on the rope please let me

know.'

Miss Albertini's

mother, Alberta Sartini, added: 'We are waiting for news, we are on

tenterhooks.

'My daughter had trusted to give the

child to her former husband and the child was happy to go on a cruise

with him. I hope with all my heart they come back.'

Those confirmed dead include two

French passengers and Peruvian crew member Tomas Costilla Mendoza. Two

men, 86-year-old Italian Giovanni Masia and Spaniard Guillermo Gual, 68,

were discovered at an

emergency gathering point near the restaurant.

The sixth victim was a man, found in a

corridor in the part of the ship that was still above water, who was

wearing his orange lifejacket.

Detained: Captain Francseco Schettino, pictured here in 2010, will appear in a Grosseto court (right) where police officers have been standing guard

Grounded: The cruise ship was lit up by emergency vessels as darkness fell

Eerie sight: Rescue workers had to call off their search last night, abandoning the vessel until this morning

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Smashed: Divers inspect a broken window in a bid to find more survivors. The ship has started to slip into the sea from the rocky resting place it has been perched on

Two

Americans on their 'holiday of a lifetime' are among those still unaccounted

for. Gerald and Barbara Heil, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, were

confirmed as missing by their daughter.

And Pervuian tourism student Peruvian

Erika Soria, 26, who was working on the ship, is also missing. Her

father Saturnino told Pervuian TV: 'My concern is that the authorities

intensify their search and find my daughter wherever she is.

'She

has to be found, dead or alive. The pain of not knowing what's happened

to her is killing us. I haven't given up hope of seeing her alive

again.'

Rising turbulence this morning led to

concerns that the ship - which has on board some 2,500 tons of fuel -

could become unstable, creating the threat of a possible environmental

disaster on top of the human loss.

Frantic: Rescue divers have had to suspend their search for missing people in and around the partially submerged Costa Concordia

Action: Firemen lower a stretcher down the

upturned deck of the partially submerged Costa Concordia (left) as scuba

divers continue searching this morning (right)

Still missing: Gerald and Barbara Heil (left

picture), of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, scraped by as they raised their

four children, but had finally saved enough to take a long-awaited trip

to celebrate their retirement. Looking for information about las vegas injury attorney? punishment for crime las vegas injury attorney reviews will give you some good insights.The youngest passenger still missing is

five-year-old Dyana Arlotti, (right picture, in burgundy top) pictured

with her father, William

Missing: Tourism student Erika Soria, 26, pictured here on the Costa Concordia, is one of 16 people still unaccounted for

WIFE 'SAVED BY HUSBAND' WHO HANDED HER HIS LIFEJACKET

A survivor told how her husband saved her life before drowning - because there was 'nobody there' to save him.



Frenchwoman Nicole Servel, 61, said Francis Servel, 71, gave her his lifejacket before they leapt off the sinking cruise ship.

She

said: 'I owe my life to my husband - it's obvious he saved me.' She

managed to swim for shore, while Mr Servel was swept underwater and

drowned.

Speaking from

her home near Toulouse, south west France, Mrs Servel said: 'He

shouted 'jump, jump, jump. I can't swim so he gave me his life jacket.

'I froze and couldn't jump, but he jumped off the ship and shouted upwards 'Come on, don't worry.

'I jumped off and the last thing I heard him say was that I would be fine. Then I never saw him again.

'The

water was only eight degrees. When I was alone in the water I thought

of my children, my grandchildren. The thought of them kept me afloat. It

kept me living. I do not know how I did it.

'I

swam for several minutes. I am unable to say exactly how long. And then

I found myself on a rock. Villagers came to pick us up. They led us to a

church. I was very cold, frozen. In the sacristy we found a cassock. I

took it. It made me warm.'

No leaks into the pristine waters have been reported so far, and a Dutch firm has been called in to help extract the fuel.

Environment

Minister Corrado Clini said: 'The environmental risk for the island of

Giglio is extremely high. The goal is to avoid that the fuel leaks from

the ship. We are working on this. The intervention is urgent.'

And the ship's cabin service director, 57-year-old Manrico Giampetroni, was

discovered in an air pocket in the death penalty facts flooded restaurant two days after the

incident. He was trapped after breaking his leg, and was dramatically winched to safety.

Confirmation of the seventh death comes as

investigators look into reports that the ship's captain might have been

'showing off' when he steered the vessel too close to rocks.

Captain Francesco Schettino's

behaviour is said to be under close scrutiny as he faces accusations he

abandoned the vessel before ensuring all of the 4,200 people aboard were

safely evacuated.

It is

thought that Capt Schettino sailed as close to land as he did as he

wanted to salute to a friend on shore.

The display was said to be in a

'salute of respect' for a former Costa cruises commander Mario Palombo

who retired in 2006 due to ill health and whose family were originally

from Giglio.

As British survivors spoke of the

'screaming and crying' as they tried to get off the stricken vessel, the

ship's owner Costa Crociere said 'preliminary indications' suggested

Capt Schettino may have been guilty of 'significant human error'.

The

ship's Italian owner, a subsidiary of Carnival Cruise lines, issued a

statement late Sunday saying there appeared to be 'significant human

error' on the part of the captain, Francesco Schettino, 'which resulted

in these grave consequences'.

It said in a statement: 'The route of

the vessel appears to have been too close to the shore, and the

captain's judgment in handling the emergency appears to have not

followed standard Costa procedures.'

Carnival PLC, the owner of the capsized boat, saw its share price plummet by around a fifth.

Carnival CEO Micky Arison said in a statement: 'At this time, our priority is the safety of our passengers and crew.

'We

are deeply saddened by this tragic event and our hearts go out to

everyone affected by the grounding of the Costa Concordia and especially

to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives.'

Authorities

were holding Schettino for suspected manslaughter and a prosecutor

confirmed yesterday they were also investigating allegations the captain

abandoned the stricken liner before all the passengers had escaped.

According to the Italian navigation code, a captain who abandons a ship in danger can face up to 12 years in prison.

Schettino

insisted he did not leave the liner early, telling Mediaset television

that he had done everything he could to save lives.

He said: 'We were the last ones to leave the ship.'

Questions also swirled about why the

ship had navigated so close to the dangerous reefs and rocks that jut

off Giglio's eastern coast, amid suspicions the captain may have

ventured too close while carrying out a manoeuvre to entertain tourists

on the island.

Residents of Giglio said they had never seen the Costa come so close to the dangerous 'Le Scole' reef area.

'This

was too close, too close,' said Italo Arienti, a 54-year-old sailor who

has worked on the Maregiglio ferry between Giglio and the mainland for

more than a decade.

Wreck: The Costa Concordia pictured last night dangerously keeled over off the Giglio Island

Pointing to a nautical map, he drew

his finger along the path the ship usually takes and the jarring one

close to shore that it followed on Friday.

Costa

captains have occasionally steered the ship near port and sounded the

siren in a special salute, Arienti said.

Such a nautical 'fly-by' was

staged last August, prompting the town's mayor to send a note of thanks

to the commander for the treat it provided tourists who flock to the

island, local news portal GiglioNews.it reported.

But

Arienti and other residents said even on those occasions, the cruise

ship always stayed far offshore, well beyond the reach of the 'Le Scole'

reefs.

Coast Guard

Cmdr. Filippo Marini said divers had recovered the so-called 'black

box', with the recording of the navigational details, from a compartment

now under water, though no details were released.

All

35 Britons on board, including 12 crew, are safe.

Britons who were on

board the stricken ship have now arrived back home and spoken about

their ordeal. Mandy

Rodford, 45, and her husband John, 46, from Rochester in Kent, were

celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary on the vessel when it ran

aground.

Searching: Italian coastguards continued the operation

The couple had only been on board the

Mediterranean cruise ship for seven hours before disaster struck.

Mrs

Rodford, who had been hesitant about going on the holiday because she

does not like water, said: 'I just thought my life was gone. I just

thought my life was over, getting in that water.

'I thought, if I don't die from the swimming part, I'm going to die from the shock of having to get in it.'

Speaking

at London's Heathrow Airport, after flying back from Rome, Mr

Rodford said they first thought something was wrong when they were

eating their dinner.

He

said he heard 'a crunch', then his drink started sliding along the

table. The couple asked a crew member if there was a problem, but they

were told: 'No, it's the engine.'

He

added: 'Then the lights went out and came back on. And then it (the

ship) started going the other way, and quite a lot the other way.

'All the plates were coming off the

tables and smashing, and it was just like bedlam. Everyone was getting

the life jackets, but they told us to stay. They said: 'It's all right,

it's under control'.'

They

described sliding down the corridors across the width of the ship to

reach the starboard side, which was closest to the water.

The

couple chose a cabin on the sixth floor without a window, because of

Mrs Rodford's fear of water, and their room was on the side of the ship

submerged in the sea.

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