. >> 2 1/2 years after crashing into rocks at the italian island of gilo, it's now the kosta concordia'sinal chapter. on madonna salvagers began attempts to refill the vessel. it will be towed to northern italy to be scrapped. >> we should never forget this is an undertaking which never happened before in human history. so a ship like this of this size has never been salvaged. >> the concordia will be brought back up in several stages. first air will be pumped into huge metal boxes attached to its hull. this will aim to bring the boat off an existing temporary platform on the sea bed. pumping out the water is expected to take about a week when salvagers hope the ship will be almost at level with the sea and stable enough to be towed away. translator: i want to express a wish for all of us. i hope that the coming days will be the most boring of our lives. if that's the case, it will mean that everything went well. >> 32 people died after the concordia crashed onto gilo in january 2012. its captain sket tino is currently on trial for manslaughter and other related charges. >> now sunday's