Hope fading for missing persons in the shipwreck

Rescuers are working through the night around the Costa Concordia determine shipwreck to find survivors, but hopes of the 29 survivors who disappeared is winding down.

Rescue teams are actively searching for survivors of shipwrecks off Italy. (Photo: AP)

According to the BBC , six people died after the ship Costa Concordia crashed into rocks off the coast of western Italy Friday night last week. However, growth forces local coastguard said Marco Brusco, is still a ray of hope to find survivors. Number of missing persons is said to be composed of four sailors, and passengers have American citizenship, Germany, France and Italy.

Diving team is actively carrying out the rescue, but difficult because of bad weather. Saturnino Soria, the father of a missing waitress working on board, said the search would continue. "I have not received any information about her from yesterday and today. It seems the situation is worse with my daughter, "Sorina said.

AFP quoted Rodolfo Raiteri, head of the diving team of Coast Guard forces, described the current situation inside the vessel is "catastrophic." "Very difficult. The corridor is very messy and very hard divers to swim through, "Raiteri said.

However, the local mayor is hoping rescuers would find survivors. "You never know what's in that boat.An air bag can save someone a few days, "Mayor Sergio Ortelli told AFP .

Captain Francesco Schettino ship is, has been arrested for criminal manslaughter. The judge will decide today whether to continue to hold 52-year-old man is not. Today, the company that owns the vessel in distress said, the ship hit a reef to the captain Schettino deliberately drove it toward the island Giglo.Prosecutors also alleged he was the responsible cause of the disaster last.

"We are sure that he had left the ship as many passengers still waiting to be saved," the prosecutor Francesco Verusio notice. A record is to be dialogue between the captain and coast guard forces are transmitted through Italy introduced as the captain of the ship had left before all the passengers were saved.

Schettino has denied its responsibility and argued that the rocks underground does not appear in his chart. This man insisted and his crew were the last to leave the ship. Schettino's attorney said his client felt panic and want to express deep condolences to the families of the victims.

Furniture clutter in the shipwreck. (Photo: AP)

Meanwhile, Italian officials said they will declare a state of emergency due to accidents and provide funds to help prevent any environmental disaster that caused the wreck. Italy's Environment Minister, said liquid leaked from the ship, but it is unclear whether the fuel.

Luxury Costa Concordia ship left the port of Civitavecchia and carrying 2,300 tons of fuel to cater for trips around the Mediterranean. Area boat capsized as a marine park known for its stunning.