Righting, refloating and sending the Costa Concordia off for scrap is expected to go down in history as the world's most expensive wreck salvage operation.<br/> <br />So far the bill is reckoned to be just under $800 million.<br/> <br />On Monday engineers began the slow process of lifting the giant hulk upright.<br/> <br />The painstaking process was delayed for three hours by a storm overnight off the Italian coast where it's lain for 20 months.<br/> <br />It's expected to take up to 12 hours to bring the 114, 500 tonne wreck upright.<br/> <br />At least 30 people died when the ship hit rocks and capsized off the island of Giglio in January last year.<br/> <br />It's hoped the bodies of another two still missing will be found by the salvage teams as the operation unfolds.<br/> <br />The final disappearance of the wreck of the Costa Concordia from these shores is still a long way off.<br/> <br />The salvage teams will spend several months stabilising it.<br/> <br />Only then will they try to refloat it and tow it to meet its fat
