Captain Of Cruise Ship That Sank In Italy

Captain Francesco Schettino was at the command of the cruise liner in January 2012 when it hit rocks off the coast of Tuscany and sank killing 32 people.

Captain of cruise ship that sank in italy. In an unregulated industry which looks for a scapegoat the cruise line will focus on an irresponsible and renegade captain as the sole cause of the disaster which unfolded this weekend. Captain Francesco Schettino left the ship as it sank and was convicted on 32 counts of manslaughter. Dubbed Captain Coward by international media Francesco Schettino argued that he was nothing more than a solitary scapegoat for a cruise ship disaster that claimed the lives of 32 people.

Enzo RussoEPA The captain. Schettino the captain of the Italian cruise liner that ran aground off Italys west coast was arrested on the charges of multiple manslaughter causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship police said. Francesco Schettino captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off Italy in 2012 killing 32 people takes the stand for the first time.

Sinking When the Costa Concordia a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation partly sank last year off Giglio Italy killing 32 people after hitting a submerged rock it was one of the first times a cruise ship had done so since the Explorer in. Captain Francesco Schettino was this. Costa Concordia disaster the capsizing of an Italian cruise ship on January 13 2012 after it struck rocks off the coast of Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship Francesco Schettino is taken into custody in Grosseto Italy Italian news agency Ansa said 4165 out of the 4234 people on-board were safe but did. The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Several of the ships crew notably Capt.

Francesco Schettino the captain of the Costa Concordia returned on Thursday to the stricken cruise ship more than two years after leaving it in a. Schettino allowed back on stricken vessel amid manslaughter probe. The Italian captain went back onboard the wreck for the first time since the sinking of the cruise ship on January 13 2012 as part of his.

Costa Concordia cruise liner captain Francesco Schettino R is escorted by a Carabinieri in Grosseto January 14 2012. Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit rocks and sank in 2012 killing 32 people. Schettino is charged with multiple manslaughter over the 32 people who lost their lives and is accused of abandoning the ship while terrified passengers were still inside in the January 13 2012 disaster.