ROME – Costa Cruises has offered €11,000 in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard its liner that ran aground and capsized two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said yesterday. The offer is an attempt by Costa Cruises to limit the legal fallout of the accident off the coast of Italy.
Each passenger on the Costa Concordiawill also receive a refund on the cruise and the costs of their return home.
The offer applies to all passengers, whether child or adult, who suffered no physical injuries. Injured passengers will be dealt with individually.
Sixteen bodies have been recovered after the 290-metre-long cruise liner, with more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board, struck a rock near the Tuscan island of Giglio.
– (Reuters)