Engineers still ponder salvage of Costa Concordia

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Crews have been working 24 hours a day, building structures around the sunken Costa Concordia in an effort to remove it from off the coast of Italy's island of Giglio. A year later, those who were on board are still coming to terms with the accident that killed 32 people. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.By Michelle Kosinski, Correspondent, NBC NewsISOLA DEL GIGLIO, Italy -- A day before the one-year anniversary of the Costa Concordia wreck, a lengthy press conference Saturday is yielding frustratingly little news.

In this ongoing saga with many interconnected parts, it seems we've reached the point where it is just a waiting game for each painstakingly delicate phase of the removal operation to reach a point at which it's sufficient to finally move on to the next.

Engineers working on the massive salvage project -- the likes of which the world has never seen -- said Saturday that the wreck was now stable.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld  It is not moving, despite the fact that very little of it is actually touching the rock below. It's balancing on two peaks, basically, but has been tethered to the shore to keep it from sliding off the underwater cliff. It rests at a 65-degree angle.

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