Divers Find Another Body In Crashed Cruise Ship

Update: January 24th 12:05pm

 Officials say divers searching the toppled Costa Concordia have discovered another body in the submerged cruise ship.

The discovery on the third floor deck brings to 16 the number of bodies found since the Jan. 13 grounding. Officials at the Tuscan prefect's office said Tuesday they couldn't immediately confirm Italian news reports that the body was that of a woman.

The discovery was made as a large platform carrying a crane and other equipment hitched itself to the shipwreck, signaling the start of preliminary operations to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the ship's tanks.

Actual pumping of the oil isn't expected to begin until Saturday, and will continue in tandem with search and rescue operations.

Update: January 23rd 12:24pm

Italian officials say two more bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of a cruise liner capsized off the Tuscan coast, bringing the number of confirmed dead to 15.

The national civil protection agency official in charge of the search said Monday that divers recovered the bodies of two women from the ship's internet cafe.

The recovery of the two brings to 17 the number of known missing.

However, officials over the weekend said it appeared unregistered guests were on board at the time of the accident, meaning the number of officially missing could increase.

Original Story: January 19th 12:14pm

A new audiotape reveals the first call from the captain after his cruise ship smashed into a reef off the coast of Italy.

Divers continue the search for missing passengers, as authorities release new information about the victims.

Rescue teams resumed their search at first light, hoping to find the 21 people still missing from the Costa Concordia.

Eleven passengers are confirmed dead.

Three more of the victims were identified, two French passengers and one Spanish, as family members continue to arrive on the island, looking for news.

A retired couple from Minnesota, Jerry and Barbara Heil, are still among the missing.

Divers say they are working in dangerous conditions.

Officials are investigating Captain Francesco Schettino 's actions.

A new audiotape shows the first call between the captain and port officials occured a hald hour after the ship ran aground. 

The officer asks what's wrong and the Captain insists repeatedly "We've had a blackout, we are checking the conditions on board."

He makes no mention that the ship has struck a reef.

Crew members and passengers have said Capt. Schettino ate dinner with a woman in the ship's restaurant Friday and was with her as the ship started listing off the island of Giglio.

The ship's captain faces possible charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.

He has already acknowledged making a "navigational mistake" in bringing the ship too close to the island.