The owners of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia have agreed to pay 11,000 euros (14,437 dollars) in damages to each of the passengers on board the cruise ship when it ran aground on January 13, Italy's main tour operator association said Friday. Genoa-based Costa Crociere reached the agreement following talks with consumer associations, tour operator representative Astoi said in a statement posted on its website. The sum would be paid out to each passenger irrespective of age and is meant to cover “any damage to property suffered, including those related to the loss of baggage and personal effects, psychological distress and the damage suffered by a ruined holiday,” the statement said. The deal does not cover passengers who died or suffered physical injuries. Additional money would be made available to cover other costs incurred by passengers, including travel costs to the point where they boarded the vessel, any eventual medical costs and those for the journey back home, the statement said. Around 3,200 passengers and some 1,030 crew members were aboard the ship on the night of the accident, which took place near the island of Giglio, off Italy's western coast.
