Captain Of Cruise Ship That Sank In Italy

Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit rocks and sank in 2012 killing 32 people.

Captain of cruise ship that sank in italy. More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died. Captain Francesco Schettino was this. The court also ordered Captain Schettino and the company that operated the ship Costa Cruises to pay damages of 30000 euros or about 34000 in compensation to each passenger and several.

Captain Francesco Schettino left the ship as it sank and was convicted on 32 counts of manslaughter. Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit. If passenger accounts are correct Captain Schettino will long be considered a coward who abandoned his responsibilities and duties after wrecking the Concordia and killing scores.

Various eyewitness accounts indicate that Schettino had been showing off to a female acquaintance moments before he crashed the Costa Concordia. Enzo RussoEPA The captain. In 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Tuscany claiming 32 lives.

Italys shipwreck captain. 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. 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. A profile of 52-year-old Italian cruise liner captain Francesco Schettino jailed for manslaughter for his role in the Costa Concordia maritime disaster in January 2012. 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.

Francesco Schettino were charged with various crimes. More than 3200 passengers and 1000 crew members were on board. According to the harbor masters office the.