Italy Cruise Ship Captain Abandoned

Francesco Schettino commander of the grounded Costa Concordia and Capt.

Italy cruise ship captain abandoned. The cruise ship capsized after hitting rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Only a disgraceful man. The Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian coast in 2012 killing 32 people.

9 of 17 10 of 17 Four years after Costa Concordias tragic shipwreck photographer Jonathan Danko Kielkowski captured these images of the abandoned ship off the coast of Italy. According to Italian navigation code a captain who abandons ship before others are safe can face up to 12 years in prison AP reported. Why did the captain of.

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. Francesco Schettino denied he had abandoned ship before passengers and crew were evacuated. 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.

Another hero to emerge is Captain Roberto Bosio who was off duty on the Concordia and gave the order to abandon ship after Schettino delayed for 45 minutes. 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 was sentenced in 2015 after a court found him guilty of manslaughter causing a maritime accident and abandoning 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. 40 Photos of Cruise Ship Left Abandoned For Years. What happened to the captain of the Italian cruise ship.

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. Its captain was accused of manslaughter and abandoning the 4200 passengers and crew on.