Cruise ship aground off Italy, 4,000 passengers evacuated Jan 13 07:57 PM US/Eastern Around 4,200 passengers were being evacuated from a large cruise ship off the coast of Italy late Friday, after it ran aground and started taking on water, according to Italian press reports. "The passengers are not in danger, a rescue mission is underway," the coast guard at the Isola del Giglio port in Tuscany told AFP, as passengers were shipped off the Costa Concordia in lifeboats.