The operation to refloat the shipwrecked Costa Concordia has begun with compressed air being pumped into 30 tanks attached to the sides of the vessel to force out the seawater inside.
Thirty-two people died when the huge ship slammed into rocks off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012 and part of the ship's 290-metre-long hull sank beneath the water.
But having been hauled into an upright position after a 19-hour operation last September, the wreckage of the luxury liner is now being refloated before a flotilla of tugboats will drag it to the port of Genoa.
The Costa Concordia has been resting on a huge underwater platform It will then be broken up and sold as scrap.
The 114,500-tonne vessel will be raised two metres off the artificial platforms it has rested on since September in the initial phase of the operation on Monday.
It will then be towed away from the shore and moored using anchors and cables.
The salvage operation is the biggest in maritime history "The risks are that the ship could bend as it is raised, or the chains underneath it could snap," Salvage Master Nick Sloane said.
"There will be 42 people on board during the first manoeuvre. If disaster strikes we will evacuate through emergency escapes on the bow and stern."
The bulk of the refloating operation is due to take place from Thursday to Saturday, as the decks slowly emerge to be cleared of debris and checked for structural damage.
Mr Rebello, second left, is the only victim whose body is still missing Search teams will scour the wreck as it is refloated in an attempt to find the body of the only victim still missing, Russel Rebello, an Indian waiter.
In an interview with Sky News last January, Mr Rebello's brother, Kevin, who has made regular trips to Giglio from his home in Milan, said: "More than anything we would just like to find Russel's body so we can bury him and draw a line on what happened.''
Eerie video footage shot by divers and released by police earlier this month showed twisted metalwork, broken furniture and discarded belongings left by the 4,200 people who were on board the Costa Concordia when it crashed.
Francesco Schettino is accused of fleeing the ship Francesco Schettino, the ship's captain, is on trial for charges including manslaughter.
He is accused of deliberately altering the course of the Concordia in order to carry out a sail-by salute of the island in order to impress local residents and passengers.
The 53-year-old, who was allegedly on the bridge with his Moldovan lover Domnica Cemortan, claimed it was ''too dark to see anything'' and told investigators he had not fled but had ''tripped and fell into a lifeboat".
He was dubbed 'Captain Coward' by some tabloid newspapers after reportedly refusing orders from the coastguard to return to the ship to help with the rescue operation.
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