Italian Cruise Ship Sinking Captain

Francesco Schettino commander of the grounded Costa Concordia and Capt.

Italian cruise ship sinking captain. Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit rocks and sank in 2012 killing 32 people. Three people were confirmed to have died. Italian cruise ship captain ordered back to shipSky News17 Jan 12 1359 GMTTRT 0355A dramatic recording has been released apparently r.

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. 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 trial for manslaughter and abandoning ship. 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.

Francesco Schettino captain of the Costa Concordia could be slapped with manslaughter charges after the cruise ship hit rocks near the island of Giglio on Friday authorities said. The captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship Francesco Schettino takes place for his trial on July 9 2013 in Grosseto. Italys shipwreck captain.

ROME -- Italian Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty today for causing the fatal shipwreck of the Costa Concordia and sentenced to 16 years in prison according to a three-judge panel. 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. 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.

Extraordinary claims emerged last night that the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner which foundered off the coast of Italy with more than. Captain Francesco Schettino was this week sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter. Francesco Schettino were charged with various crimes.

The Italian captain of the ship that sank off the coast of Tuscany was detained by prosecutors as efforts continued to search for the missing. 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. Pair pulled alive from sinking cruise ship.