Costa Ceo Blames Captain Error For Ship Grounding

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Mon, 01/16/2012 - 4:20am

The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized, unapproved deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the grounding of the vessel, the chief executive of the ship's Italian owner said Monday. At least six people died in the incident.

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