Salvage officials believe the bodies of waiter Russel Rebello and passenger Maria Grazia Trecarichi could be found in a lifeboat beneath the ship’s hull.
It was hoped remains would become visible as the complex system of cables and hydraulics hauled the vessel - on which 32 lives were lost - from its side
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Wide view: The severly damaged side of the stricken Costa Concordia is visible after the parbuckling operation succesfully uprighted the ship around 4am
Upright again: The recovery of the ship Costa Concordia shipwreck was successfully completed early this morning off the island of Giglio
Destroyed: Work began to right the stricken Costa Concordia vessel, which sank in January 2012. If the operation is successful, it will then be towed away and scrapped
Successful: Rotating the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is believed to be one of the biggest maritime salvage operations in history
Vertical: Rust and grime covers one half of the Costa Concordia after the stricken vessel was winched upright after more than a year resting on its side in Giglion harbour
Finally above water: The wrecked side of the Costa Concordia, which has been submerged under water for the last 20 months, was finally visible this morning
Salvage teams worked through the night for 19 hours - and decks eventually became visible after being underwater for 20 months since it went down.The vessel is covered in rust and stained by the sea, while all the windows which were submerged in Giglio harbour, Italy, have been shattered.
Kevin Rebello, the waiter's brother, and Elio Vincenzi, the passenger's husband, were expected to arrive on the island today.
'I haven't slept since yesterday,' Kevin Rebello said in an interview in Rome. 'It's taken 20 months. If it takes another 20 hours, for me it's worth the wait.'
Reporting: Broadcast crew work in front of the wreckage of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship near the harbour of Giglio Porto
Dedication: The wreck of Italy's Costa Concordia was finally upright this morning after salvage crews worked through the night to complete the 19-hour operation
Lifted up: The severly damaged side of the stricken Costa Concordia is visible after the parbuckling operation succesfully uprighted the ship
Above sea level: Work began yesterday to right the stricken Costa Concordia vessel, which sank on January 12, 2012
Operation: A detail of the right side of the Costa Concordia is seen after it was lifted upright on the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, early this morning
Wreckage: The damaged side of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen at the end of the 'parbuckling' operation outside Giglio harbour
Effects of marine life: The damaged side of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen at the end of the 'parbuckling' operation outside Giglio harbour
Looking on: Salvage crews have completed one of the most difficult and expensive wreck recovery projects ever performed
All in one piece: The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen at the end of the 'parbuckling' operation outside Giglio harbour
Big job: The crippled cruise ship was pulled completely upright early this morning after a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized
Operation: The hunt for the last two missing Costa Concordia passengers was today under way after the ship was finally pulled upright early this morning
First of its kind: The procedure, known as parbuckling, has never been carried out on a vessel as large as Costa Concordia before
THE LAST TWO MISSING BODIES
The 33 year old - who had been working on the Costa Concordia for a few months before the incident - was praised for his heroism in saving lives before he died when the cruise liner sank.
He even gave one survivor his own lifejacket - and was last seen as he made his way to a muster station at a restaurant on the ship.
His brother Kevin Rebello, said that he hopes he can one day bring his brother home to Mumbai ‘to give him a decent burial’.
They boarded different lifeboats because Mrs Trecarichi (above), from Sicily, was cold and had gone below deck to get a jacket. Stefania survived.
Elio Vincenzi, her husband, said: ‘I am still hoping to find my wife. This is a tense wait for me and for my daughter.'
Despite fears the ship may break apart before it reached the crucial angle of 65 degrees, the operation has gone smoothly, but slower than expected.
The £500million salvage effort is said to be the largest in maritime history, but there will be no saving the £370million liner - destined for the scrapyard.
Local residents and survivors said that there was an eerie feeling as the ship rose - and some said the sight reminded them of the tragedy.
‘Seeing it re-emerge is emotional for me,’ said survivor Luciano Castro. ‘I could not miss it. That ship could have been my end and instead I am here.'
The operation will not be complete until the vessel is towed away from the island - probably by next spring, after a full survey is done on the wreckage.
Shortly after 4am today, a foghorn wailed on Giglio island and the head of Italy's Civil Protection agency announced that the ship had reached vertical.
Franco Gabrielli added that the operation to rotate the cruise liner - known in nautical terms as parbuckling - was complete.
Some 36 giant cables were put across the hull to drag up the ship - and enormous tanks were welded onto its side and filled with water to act as ballast.
'We completed the parbuckling operation a few minutes ago the way we thought it would happen and the way we hoped it would happen,' said Franco Porcellacchia, project manager for the Concordia's owner, Costa Crociere Spa.
'A perfect operation, I must say.'
No environmental spill has been detected so far, he said. Applause rang out among firefighters in the tent where the engineers made the announcement.
An hour later, Nick Sloane, the South African chief salvage master, received a hero's welcome as he came ashore from the barge that had served as the floating command control room for the operation.
Mission: Salvage experts started the rotation of the ship yesterday at around 9am, before the ship was finally laid to rest on an underwater mattress today at 4am
Difficult task: The Concordia's submerged side suffered significant damage during the 20 months it bore the weight of the ship on the jagged reef
Damage: The vessel is covered in rust and stained by the sea, while all the windows which were submerged in Giglio harbour, Italy, have been shattered
Back up: As the ship rose from the depths, decks which have been underwater for 20 months since the ship went down with the loss of 32 lives, became visible
Wreck: The previously sunken side of the Costa Concordia is covered in rust and stained by the sea while all the windows are shattered
Detail: The Costa Concordia vessel is covered in rust and stained by the sea while all the windows which were submerged are shattered
Momentous occasion: A foghorn sounded across the harbour of Giglio Porto as 4am this morning to mark the moment the Costa Concordia completed its 65 degree rotation
Breaking dawn: The upright wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship can be seen as the sun rises over Giglio in Italy this morning
As day breaks: The Costa Concordia cruise liner is seen after it was lifted upright, on the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, early Tuesday morning
Picture perfect: The ship was wrenched from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany, with officials declaring it a 'perfect' end to a daring engineering feat
Standing straight: The Costa Concordia after it was lifted upright, on the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, in the early hours Tuesday morning
Close up: The crippled cruise ship was pulled completely upright early Tuesday morning after a 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side. Officials declaring it a 'perfect' end to a daring and unprecedented engineering feat
Complicated operation: Salvage workers attempt to raise the cruise ship last night by 'parbuckling' - rotating the ship by a series of cables and hydraulic machines
Surveying the damage: The severely damaged side of the stricken Costa Concordia is visible after the parbuckling operation successfully put the cruise ship upright this morning
'It was a struggle, a bit of a roller coaster. But for the whole team it was fantastic.'
The Concordia slammed into a reef off Giglio Island on January 13, 2012, after the captain brought it too close to shore.
The cruise ship drifted, listed and capsized just off the island's port, killing 32 people.
Steady progress: Engineers managed to raise the ship 25 degrees during the course of the day and said they hoped things would get easier as gravity starts to take effect
Carefully watched: Every minute of the lengthy operation has been followed by the world's media, pictured, who have descended on Giglio and camped out overnight
Engineers are now using remote controls to carefully open valves to let seawater start filling huge ballast tanks that had been welded onto the already exposed side so the weight of the water in the tanks helped pull the cruise liner up much faster
In an unprecedented maritime salvage operation, engineers on Monday gingerly wrestled the hull of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia off the Italian reef where the cruise ship has been stuck since January 2012
Losing light: As work continues into the night the top desk is now almost entirely visible above the waves for the first time since January 2012
Engineers inspect parts of Costa Concordia which have lain underwater for nearly two years - the salvage operation was underway yesterday off the coast of Giglio island
Emerging from the depths: The distinctive marks and broken windows show exactly where the water level stopped even as it is gradually turned upright
The capsized Costa Concordia liner is pictured several hours in to the £500m operation to right the vessel which is involving engineers from 24 different countries
The shipwrecked cruise Costa Concordia before the start of parbucking (top) and after the salvage work starts (bottom), showing the rusty yellowish-stain (circled) where it at rested, during the ongoing operation in Giglio
The rusty yellowish-stain line on the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship after (L) and before (R) it was slowly lifted during salvage works
The line of rust, left, shows the progress of efforts to move the enormous ship and right, taken 92 minutes after the top picture, the bottom image shows the painfully slow process of lifting the Costa Concordia off its side
Giglio was hit by an electrical storm yesterday which delayed the start of the winching by three hours and it was a further three hours before the huge system of pulleys, counterweights and chains eased the cruise liner free.
The salvage operation involved engineers using the technique known as 'parbuckling', rotating the vessel using a series of cables and hydraulic machines.
‘After applying 6,000 tons of force, we saw the detachment of the ship from the reef,’ said engineering chief Sergio Girotto.
The salvage operation involved engineers using the technique known as 'parbuckling', rotating the vessel using a series of cables and hydraulic machines.
‘After applying 6,000 tons of force, we saw the detachment of the ship from the reef,’ said engineering chief Sergio Girotto.
Winching the liner upright was expected to take up to 12 hours, but a threat of tangles in the steel cables last night delayed the operation, which was eventually completed after 19 hours. The final phase of the rotation went remarkably fast as gravity began to kick in and pull the ship toward its normal vertical position. Parbuckling is a standard operation to right capsized ships. But never before had it been used on such a huge cruise liner. The Concordia is expected to be floated away from Giglio in the spring and turned into scrap. Sloane said an initial inspection of the starboard side, covered in brown slime from its 20 months underwater while the ship was stuck on a rocky seabed perch, indicated serious damage that must be fixed in the coming weeks and months. The damage he said was caused by both the capsizing and the operation to rotate the ship.
A general view shows the shipwrecked cruise Costa Concordia before(R) and during (L) the salvage work, showing the rusty yellowish-stain where it at rested, during the ongoing operation in Giglio island 
The Concordia was lying on its side on an underwater reef. An underwater platform was built on which the ship will come to rest as a system of jacks and cables haul it upright
The Concordia was lying on its side on an underwater reef. An underwater platform was built on which the ship will come to rest as a system of jacks and cables haul it upright
Dozens of crank-like pulleys slowly rotated the ship upright at a rate of about 3 metres per hour, while steel chains weighing 17,000 tons have been looped under the vessel to help pull it upright
The deck of the liner was revealed as the salvage operation continued throughout the afternoon yesterday - by lunchtime the ship had been tilted back three degrees, with 62 degrees to go
Engineers from around the world have worked to attach cables to water tanks ('caissons') on the port side of the ship to pull it upright and then keep it afloat
Slowly, the submerged part of the ship was winched above water three hours into the salvage operation - but there was no sign yet of the two people still missing 
Islanders on Giglio are delighted to see the operation to 'parbuckle' (set straight) the Costa Concordia is finally underway, 20 months after the liner sank off the coast
Islanders on Giglio are delighted to see the operation to 'parbuckle' (set straight) the Costa Concordia is finally underway, 20 months after the liner sank off the coast
This shot shows the scale of the operation to right the half-submerged vessel - the water-filled caissons and pulley system can be seen on the right of the shot
The 114,000-tonne cruise liner's swimming pools could be seen on the deck as the Italian cruise ship was slowly rotated in the £500m salvage operation yesterday
Massive operation: Work is now underway to right the stricken Costa Concordia liner, 20 months after it hit a reef and sank off the coast of Tuscany, at a cost of 32 lives
Journalists and residents on the picturesque fishing island watch this morning as the salvage operation gets underway - islanders are keen to get the ship moved
Hundreds of cables are attached to caissons - metal tanks on the side of the ship filled with water that are being used as ballast to winch the vessel upright
The sun rose over the Tuscan coast yesterday morning as engineers prepared to launch the largest and most expensive rescue operation in maritime history
Delicate operation: The engineers working to right the ship hope it can be towed ashore next spring and dismantled for scrap
Members of the US salvage firm Titan and Italian firm Micoperi work on the wreck of the Costa Concordia near Giglio Porto yesterday morning after the delayed operation began
A raft of vessels was in place outside Giglio harbour yesterday to assist with what is the biggest and most expensive maritime rescue operation in history
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