It's lain off the coast of this Italian Island for two and a half years, but now the Costa Concordia may finally be about to leave Giglio's shores.<br /> <br />Salvagers are attempting to refloat the vessel which capsized here after running aground in 2012, killing 32 people.<br /> <br />It is the largest maritime salvage in history, for a ship around two and a half times the size of the Titanic.<br /> <br />Engineers will pump air into thirty metal boxes attached around the hull.<br /> <br />The air will force water out of the boxes and allow the ship to slowly float to the surface, where it will be tugged away from the shore.<br /> <br />The refloat is the final stage in an operation likely to cost the ship's owner and operator 1.5 billion euros.<br /> <br />Many on the Island say they are happy to see the ship go.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) GIGLIO ISLANDER, ANTONIO BELLARDO, SAYING:<br /> <br />"Our hope is not 100 percent, but 300 percent that everything goes well and they take this away with success, that they remove as
