Italy Cruise Ship Captain Abandoned

What happened to the captain of the Italian cruise ship.

Italy cruise ship captain abandoned. Rescue teams are racing to find about 40 people who are still unaccounted for after a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Italy killing at least three. Schettino who is denying all charges is accused of having abandoned the ship on Friday at 2330 while there were still about 230 people aboard -- including two newborns and four disabled people. It was a case of a captain hot-dogging and showing off his apparently limited navigation skills to a retired master mariner ashore.

The Costa Concordia was one of the best cruise ships in the world with 1500 cabins a multi-level theater a casino and could accommodate over 4000 passengers at a time. It was a luxurious ocean city paradise that wowed everyone who stepped foot on it. 40 Photos of Cruise Ship Left Abandoned For Years.

The final and most dramatic call took place at 146am when after confirming that he was speaking to the captain a coastguard. The massive Italian cruise ship the Costa Concordia foundered on rocks just off the Mediterranean island of Giglio on the night of January 13 2012. Francesco Schettino Italian pronunciation.

Here is a translation of the transcript of the conversation between Capt. 17 2012 -- An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia be released on house arrest following his first appearance in court today after he allegedly. The ships captain has been taken into.

The cruise ship capsized after hitting rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Born 14 November 1960 is an Italian former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012. Captain abandoned ship THREE people were saved from Italys shipwreck as questions linger about why the captain left ship before others.

At least five people are confirmed dead and another 30. No way have I abandoned ship. The Italian captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that capsized in 2012 killing 32 people says hell cope with prison life by going back to being ship boy.