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Italy's highest court is expected to rule Tuesday on whether the captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship will remain under house arrest.

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BING NEWS:
  • Costa Concordia cruise captain sentenced to 16 years in prison for 2012 shipwreck
    Investigators severely criticized Schettino's handling of the disaster since the shipwreck set off a chaotic night-time evacuation of more than 4,000 passengers The former captain of the Costa ...
    02/11/2015 - 6:05 pm | View Link
  • Costa Concordia’s engineer: The captain didn’t understand how desperate the situation was
    Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, failed to comprehend the scale of the disaster after the ship struck rocks off the island of Giglio, the ship’s chief engineer has claimed.
    10/22/2012 - 4:13 am | View Link
  • Italy's most hated man: Facebook anger at skipper of doomed cruise liner who 'abandoned ship hours before passengers'
    Francesco Schettino arrested on suspicion of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship Restaurant boss's sister boasted on Facebook minutes before crash how ship would pass 'very close' Chairman ...
    01/16/2012 - 6:36 am | View Link
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  • The Costa Concordia Disaster: How Human Error Made It Worse
    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.
    11/19/2024 - 9:12 am | View Website
  • Costa Concordia disaster | Collision, Rescue, Salvage, & Facts
    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. More than 4,200 people were rescued, though 32 people died in the disaster. Several of the ship’s crew, notably Capt. Francesco Schettino, were charged with various crimes.
    11/18/2024 - 9:16 pm | View Website
  • Costa Concordia
    The evacuation of Costa Concordia took over six hours, and of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 32 died. Francesco Schettino, the ship's captain at that time, was tried and found guilty of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident, and abandoning his ship.
    11/18/2024 - 8:11 pm | View Website
  • Costa Concordia disaster
    An investigation focused on shortcomings in the procedures followed by Costa Concordia 's crew and the actions of her captain, Francesco Schettino, who left the ship prematurely. He left about 300 passengers on board the sinking vessel, most of whom were rescued by helicopter or motorboats in the area.
    11/18/2024 - 7:14 pm | View Website
  • Francesco Schettino
    Francesco Schettino (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko sketˈtiːno]; born 14 November 1960) [1] is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when the ship struck an underwater rock and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012.
    11/17/2024 - 6:04 pm | View Website
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