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| Indian crew members of Concordia |
| Indian crew members of Concordia headed home today
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| INDIA
, 19-January-2012
1:58:21 AM |
| As 200 of the 202 Indian crewmembers on board the Italian Cruise liner Costa Concordia that sank off the Tuscan Coast on Friday return home today and tomorrow, the cruise company has agreed upon a compensation package for them.
According to Indian Embassy's first secretary Vishwesh Negi, on Tuesday, the crewmembers had a detailed discussion with Costa Cruises officials, who finally agreed to pay them five months of salary including other allowances, which was one of the crew's main concerns.
After the package was negotiated, tickets were arranged for most of the crewmembers to fly home. Mr Negi said, "A total of 200 Indians are leaving Italy in the coming two days (Thursday and Friday). Russel Rebello is still missing and his friend Nikhil Mulati has expressed his desire to stay with his wife Teresa in Naples, Italy. The cruise company has managed to provide 194 air tickets from Italy to Dubai and then connecting flights to India. The remaining six Indians will leave once they get their air tickets."
Mr Negi added, "Initially, the first batch of 25 Indians were to leave for India on Tuesday evening, but since a meeting was arranged with the cruise company officials in the evening, they were made to stay back in Rome." At the time of going to press, the first batch of 86 Indians had left their hotel rooms for the airport in Rome.
Mr Negi said they would take the Air Italia flight for Dubai, where they would take connecting flights to Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi etc, and thereon proceed by road to their respective destinations.
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Meanwhile, efforts are on to locate Russel Rebello, the only Indian who went missing after the mishap. His aged parents and wife continue to hope for a miracle.
When contacted in Naples, his close friend Nikhil said, "I do not want to say anything."
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