Evening of January 13, 2012: One of the largest cruise ships in the Mediterranean wrecked just off the Tuscan island of Giglio. More than 4,000 people were evacuated in the course, 32 lost their lives.

The cause of the disaster qualifies human error. The images of a tilted luxury liner have gone around the world, in total they peddle the idea of a giant whale stranded.

The sinking of the Costa Concordia, which occurred almost exactly 100 years after the Titanic, is often interpreted as a portent for the ongoing European crisis.