Two survivors of the ill-fated Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia arrive back home in Miami.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) JAY GARCIA, CRUISE SHIP SURVIVOR SAYING:
"When we were getting on the lifeboats it got so chaotic, so crazy that people were shoving each other into the boats. The boats were overloaded. Basically the people that were actually manning the boats were the cooks and the waitresses. And they had no idea how to lower them boats."
The sinking ship remains stuck on its rocky resting place outside the Italian harbour of Giglio, as choppy seas disrupt the increasingly despairing hunt for survivors.
Six bodies have been recovered so far, and the number of missing people has been revised up from 25 to 29.
Most of the 4,200 passengers and crew survived, despite hours of chaos.
On Tuesday rescuers blew up parts of the stricken ship in an attempt to access areas they had previously been unable to reach.
There are fears the Costa Concordia might slide further into the sea, threatening to pour more than two thousand tonnes of fuel below the Mediterranean waters of the surrounding nature reserve.
This photograph shows a member of the Italian coastguard inspecting the ship - one of the largest ever to be wrecked - which foundered after striking a rock just as dinner was being served on Friday night.
The accident tore a long gouge in the cruise liner, which quickly rolled on its side and began to sink.
The arrested ship's captain, accused of manslaughter and abandoning the ship before the passengers were evacuated, is due in court next Tuesday.
Nick Rowlands, Reuters.
