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. >> back to meggin leigh. >> thank you. the captain and normally goes down with the ship, but in the case of the costa concordia, which capsized over the weekend off the coast of italy, questions are being asked as to why the captain, francesco schettino, left in the middle of the rescue operation. the company that operated the vessel is blaming him for the disaster which killed at least six people. meanwhile, bad weather briefly halted rescue worker earlier today, but the search for survivors continues. >> hope is fading that anyone will be found alive inside the reactor vessel. divers have been scouring submerged sections of the liner to find survivors or to recover the bodies of the dead. >> it is not an easy mission on such a big and complex ship. lots of objects are moving in there now. furniture, beds, cupboards. it will be dangerous, and we have to be very careful. >> the luxury liner was carrying more than 4000 passengers and crew when it struck a rock off the coast of a small island. the ship's captain has been acc