VIDEO: The Costa Concordia makes its final journey

The stricken cruise ship is being towed from the island of Gilglio to Genoa.

VIDEO: The Costa Concordia makes its final journey

The wrecked Costa Concordia began its final journey yesterday.

It is more than two years since the Italian luxury cruise liner was shipwrecked against the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany, killing 32 people.

The 15,000-ton liner is being towed from Giglio to Genoa over the course of four days - she is expected to reach the Italian port on Sunday where she will be scrapped.

A daring engineering operation called 'parbuckling' set the Concordia upright last September in preparation for removal. 10 days ago, the ship was refloated and stabilised.

The ship is currently encased in a straightjacket of 30 flotation tanks and will be escorted by 14 other vessels.

After the ship leaves Giglio’s port, another search will be launched for the one victim who was never found.

The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, is currently being tried for multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship.

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