ROME (AP) -- Costa Crociere SpA is offering uninjured passengers euro11,000 ($14,460) apiece to compensate them for lost baggage and psychological trauma after its cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany when the captain deviated from his route.

Costa, a unit of the world's biggest cruise operator, the Miami-based Carnival Corp., also said it would reimburse passengers the full costs of their cruise, travel expenses and any medical expenses sustained after the grounding.

The agreement was announced Friday after negotiations between Costa representatives and Italian consumer groups who say they represent 3,206 cruise ship passengers from 61 countries who suffered no physical harm when the Costa Concordia hit a reef on Jan. 13.

The deal does not apply to the hundreds of crew on the ship, the roughly 100 cases of people injured or the families who lost loved ones.

Passengers are free to pursue legal action on their own if they aren't satisfied with the deal.

Some consumer groups have already signed on as injured parties in the criminal case against the Concordia's captain, Francesco Schettino, who is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the ship before all passengers were evacuated. He is under house arrest.

In addition, Codacons, one of Italy's best known consumer groups, has engaged two U.S. law firms to launch a class-action lawsuit against Costa and Carnival in Miami, claiming that it expects to get anywhere from euro125,000 ($164,000) to euro1 million ($1.3 million) per passenger.

But Roberto Corbella, who represented Costa in the negotiations, said the deal offered Friday provides passengers with quick, generous, and certain restitution that consumer groups estimate could amount to some euro14,000 per passenger including the reimbursements.

The big advantage that they have is an immediate response, no legal expenses, and they can put this whole thing behind them, he told The Associated Press.

Angry passenger Herbert Greszuk, a 62-year-old German who left behind everything he had with him, including his tuxedo, camera, jewelry, and even his dentures, told the AP before the compensation was announced that it was an issue of accountability.

Something like this must not be allowed to happen again. So many people died; it's simply inexcusable, he said.

The Concordia gashed its hull on reefs off the island of Giglio after Schettino made an unauthorized deviation from its approved route to bring it closer to Giglio. Some 4,200 passengers and crew were hastily evacuated after the Concordia ran aground and capsized a few kilometers away near the port of Giglio.

Sixteen bodies have been recovered and another 16 remain unaccounted for and presumed dead. Search efforts for them resumed Friday as salvage crews prepared to begin extracting some 500,000 tons of heavy fuel oil before it leaks.

Italy's civil protection office on Friday released a list of some of the other possibly toxic substances aboard the cruise liner amid concerns of possible environmental pollution. They include 50 liters of insecticide and 41 cubic meters of lubricants, among other things.

But so far, even though there has been some film detected in the waters around the ship, tests on the waters indicate nothing outside the norm, according to Tuscany's regional environment agency.

Toxic tests have all resulted negative, the agency said. For now, there are no significant signs of sea water pollution.

The crystal clear seas around Giglio are a haven for scuba divers and form part of a marine sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales.

Passengers have said the evacuation was chaotic, with crew members unprepared to deal with an emergency and constantly downplaying the seriousness of the situation. Coast guard data shows the captain only sounded the evacuation alarm an hour after the initial collision, well after the Concordia had listed to the point that many lifeboats couldn't be lowered.

Schettino has admitted he had taken the ship on touristic navigation near Giglio but has said the rocks he hit weren't charted on his nautical maps.

Codacons has called for a criminal investigation into the not-infrequent practice of tourist navigation — steering huge cruise ships close to shore in a publicity stunt to give passengers a view of the sites.

The chief executive of Costa, Pier Luigi Foschi, told an Italian parliamentary committee this week that tourist navigation wasn't illegal, and was a cruise product increasingly sought out by passengers and offered by cruise lines to try to stay competitive.

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The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia partially sank on 13 January 2012 after hitting a reef off the Italian coast and running aground at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, requiring the evacuation of 4,197 people on board. At least 16 people died, including 15 passengers and one crewman; 64 others were injured (three seriously) and 17 are missing. Two passengers and a crew member trapped below deck were rescued.

Here is the map that Costa Concordia's final route based on shipping navigational data:

Here are full timeline where the Costa Concordia Ship disaster was happen on January 13, 2012, Friday. Animation of what happened in the Costa Concordia disaster. The animation shows that The first mega cruise ship to sink, she ran aground after passing close to the island of Giglio to wave at crewmen's families on the island. This time, while turning near a coral outcrop, the stern struck the rocks while traveling at 15 knots, tearing a 100 foot hole below the waterline.

The captain lowered the anchor, swinging the ship and grounding her, enabling the rescue of 99.5% of the 4,000 people aboard.
You can see via Youtube Animation:

Media shows that The Captain, FrancCosta Concordia - Animated Timeline of Disasteresco Schettino, had deviated from the ship's computer-programmed route in order to treat people on Giglio Island to the spectacle of a close sail-past. He was later arrested on preliminary charges of multiple manslaughter, failure to assist passengers in need and abandonment of ship. First Officer Ciro Ambrosio was also arrested.

Meanwhile, there is record release telephone conversation with Capt. De Falco and Captain, Francesco Schettino release via Youtube that you can listen: Source: Youtube: ITN production

The Sinking of cruise ship, Costa Concordia ran around on a reef off of Isola del Gigilo, Tuscany, in Italy on 13 January 2012, Captain, Francesco Schettino whose from Italy. 4,252 people were on Board and 4, 197 people were resucued. Report shows that 16 people are dead and 17 poeple are missing, however, 64 people are reported as injured. The Rout was planed from Civitavecchia, Italy to Svona, Italy.

Biggest issue is now the environmental issues, oil, ship rack stuff.
The head of Italy's civil protection agency, Franco Gabrielli, said the salvage workers were likely to begin collecting oil by Saturday.

They are expected to use a so-called "hot-tapping" operation, in which the fuel will be pumped out into a nearby ship and replaced with water so as not to affect the ship's balance.

The captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, is under house arrest in his home town of Meta di Sorrento, near Naples, while his actions are investigated.

He is accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship before all passengers were evacuated. He denies the allegations.

Confirmed dead: Sandor Feher, Hungary, crew; French nationals Pierre Gregoire, Jeanne Gannard, Jean-Pierre Micheaud, Francis Servil, passengers; Italian Giovanni Masia, passenger; Spaniard Guillermo Gual, passenger; Peruvian Thomas Alberto Costilla Mendoza, crew.

Missing: 16 people including seven unidentified bodies. Nationalities include German, Italian, French, American, Peruvian and Indian nationals.

Here are the official lists of confirmed missing  Source: Ministero Dell'Interno as of January 28, 2012.

Prayers and condolences for those of who lost loved ones, families, and hope for fast healing who are injured and suffered by Costa Concordia ship disaster.