The wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship sits near the harbor of Giglio, Italy, on Tuesday, September 17, after a salvage crew rolled the ship off its side. The Costa Concordia ran aground off Giglio in January 2012, killing 32 of the 4,200 people on board. 
The ship had been lying on its side for 20 months off the island of Giglio. Here, members of the U.S. company Titan Salvage and the Italian marine contractor Micoperi pass by the wreckage. 
Damage to the right side of the ship is apparent in the early hours of September 17. 
Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers work on Monday, September 16, to hoist the ship's massive hull off the reef where it capsized. 
The project to upright the Costa Concordia continues on September 16. The nearly $800 million effort reportedly is the largest maritime salvage operation ever. 
A water line marks the former level of the stricken Costa Concordia as the salvaging operation continues on September 16. The procedure, known as parbuckling, has never been carried out on a vessel as large as Costa Concordia before. 
Members of the U.S. salvage company Titan and Italian firm Micoperi work at the wreck site early on September 16. 
Technicians work to salvage the half-submerged ship on July 7. Nearly 500 workers are involved in an operation to remove the wreck while protecting the marine environment. 
Giant hollow boxes have been attached to the side of the ship, seen on May 27, 2013. Attempts to refloat the ship will be aided by the compartments. 
A commemorative plaque honoring the victims of the cruise disaster is unveiled in Giglio on January 14, 2013. 
Survivors, grieving relatives and locals release lanterns into the sky in Giglio after a minute of silence on January 13, 2013, marking the one-year anniversary of the shipwreck. The 32 lanterns -- one for each of the victims -- were released at 9:45 p.m. local time, the moment of impact. 
A man holds an Italian flag on his balcony overlooking the port of Giglio on January 13, 2013. 
A man works in front of the shipwreck on January 12, 2013. 
A couple walks along the port of Giglio at night on January 12, 2013. 
A man sits in his boat in front of the half-submerged cruise ship on January 8, 2013. 
Cranes and floating decks surrounding the ship light up the dusk sky on January 9, 2013. 
Workers stand on the edge of the ship on January 8, 2013. 
A crew passes by the hulking remains on January 7, 2013. 
People enjoy a day in the sun with a view of the cruise liner on July 1, 2012. 
Military rescue workers approach the cruise liner on January 22, 2012. 
Members of the Italian coast guard conduct a search-and-rescue mission on January 21, 2012. 
Rescue operations to search for missing people resumed on January 20, 2012, after being suspended for a third time as conditions caused the vessel to shift on the rocks. 
The Costa Serena, the sister ship of the wrecked Costa Concordia, passes by on January 18, 2012. 
A bird flies overhead the Costa Concordia on January 18, 2012. Rescue operations were suspended as the ship slowly sank farther into the sea. 
The ship was sailing a few hundred meters off the rocky Tuscan coastline. 
An Italian coast guard helicopter flies over Giglio's harbor on January 16, 2012. 
Rescuers search the waters near the stricken ship on January 16, 2012. 
The Concordia, pictured on January 15, 2012, was on a Mediterranean cruise from Rome when it hit rocks off the coast of Giglio. 
The ship starts keeling over early on January 14, 2012. Evacuation efforts started promptly but were made "extremely difficult" by the position of the listing ship, officials said. 
Rescued passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, on January 14, 2012. The Costa Concordia was carrying 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members. 
- Captain of Costa Concordia abandoned ship with hundreds still on board, according to testimony, evidence
- Information from Captain Schettino was unreliable and hindered rescue efforts, witness says
- Schettino faces manslaughter charges as 32 people died in the 2012 shipwreck
(CNN) -- Capt. Francesco Schettino abandoned the cruise liner Costa Concordia after it wrecked in 2012 while hundreds were still on board, according to testimony and recorded phone calls played in a court in Grosetto, Italy, on Monday.
Gregorio Di Falco of the Livorno Port Authority, the man who repeatedly ordered Schettino to get back on board, told the court he initiated rescue efforts on his own after distressed passengers called police. He didn't wait for a distress signal from Schettino, whose information was inconsistent, he said.
In phone calls played in court, Schettino said from a life boat that only a dozen people were still on board the ship, when the coast guard had reported hundreds. Schettino later adjusted his numbers saying it was indeed 200 to 300.
Schettino faces charges of manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship with passengers still on board. He denies wrongdoing.
The cruise liner capsized after it struck rocks off Italy's Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea in January 2012, killing 32 of the 4,200 people on board.
Schettino's trial is expected to continue for several weeks.
Reporter Livia Borghese contributed to this article
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