…that clear? Captain: But we can no longer get on board now, the ship has sunk completely. PA: Why did you allow them to get off, Captain? Captain: I didn’t… We abandoned ship. PA: And with 100 people still on board you abandon ship? [expletive] Captain: I didn’t abandon any ship… because the ship turned on its side quickly and we were catapulted into the water. PA: We’…
while she waited for a cabin to become available. Domnica Cemortan has given her own eyewitness account of what happened on the bridge of the vessel in the minutes before it ran aground with more than 4,000 people on board. Swathed in black fur against the biting cold and with her face devoid of make-up, Domnica Cemortan appears even more youthful than she actually is. Domnica Cemortan says: “So m…
submerged. One passenger has accused Captain Francesco Schettino of drinking in one of the ship’s bars on the night the vessel ran aground, before taking control after the crash. Monique Maurek, 41, from the Netherlands, said: “What scandalized me most was when I saw the captain spending much of the evening before we hit the rocks drinking in the bar with a beautiful woman on his arm. “Most…
…ress. Francesco Schettino lives in Meta with his wife and their 15-year-old daughter. But speculation is swirling about how Costa Concordia, the vast ship he captained, almost a floating city with its 4,300 passengers and crew members, ended its journey aground and on its side, metres from the Tuscan island of Giglio. Francesco Schettino, the captain of doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship and the…
…. The first call to the boat took place at 9:49 p.m., where the coastguard asked what the situation was. The boat had run aground some 30 minutes before. They did not speak again until 0:42 a.m., just 40 minutes after the evacuation started, when Francesco Schettino was asked how many people were on board. He replied “40”. The coastguard, surprised, asked how there were so few people left on board…
…ANSA. ANSA said that traces of the drug might have resulted if Francesco Schettino’s hair had come in contact with someone who had handled cocaine. Costa Concordia cruise ship was carrying some 4,200 passengers and crew on a week’s cruise on its standard route when it crashed into the reef during dinner a couple of hours after leaving an Italian port. Divers have been searching sectio…
officials said there were 29 people still missing from the vessel. Teams of specialist divers have been helping with the rescue mission, but they have been hampered by bad weather. The ship, carrying 4,200 passengers and crew, had its hull ripped open when it hit rocks late on Friday, just hours after leaving the port of Civitavecchia for a week-long Mediterranean cruise. Some people were forced…
Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground killing three person and injuring more than 20 more was arrested late Saturday and is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship, said a local prosecutor in Grosetto, Italy. Francesco Schettino, had been earlier interviewed by investigators in Porto Santo Stefano about what happened when the 4,20…
was built using the original ship drawings from files in the British admiralty archives, but its dimensions were enlarged by around a third to fit the enormous 70 mm cameras used in the filming. Some 400,000 feet of lumber were used, 10,000 square yards of canvas were sewn by hand and 10 miles of rope were rigged before it was ready for the silver screen. The plan was to burn the ship in a dramat…
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220;overcome and wants to express his greatest condolences to the victims”, adding that the captain had carried out a dangerous manoeuvre that had actually saved lives. Costa Concordia, carrying 4,200 passengers and crew, had its hull ripped through when it hit rocks late on Friday. Some people were forced to swim for land as the angle of the ship made boarding lifeboats impossible. German m…
oard the vessel because it was lying on its side. Francesco Schettino argued that after hitting rocks he had executed a difficult manoeuvre that had saved many people’s lives. The ship, carrying 4,200 passengers and crew, had its hull ripped open when it hit rocks late on Friday, just hours after leaving the port of Civitavecchia for a week-long Mediterranean cruise. Some people were forced…
ld investigators he had “ordered the turn too late” as the luxury ship sailed close to an island, according to a leaked interrogation transcript. The Costa Concordia ran aground with about 4,200 people on board. More than 20 people are still missing but the search for survivors has been halted. According to the leaked transcript quoted by Italian media, Captain Francesco Schettino said…
nks could break apart and shed thousands of tons of diesel into the sea. Specialist salvage teams have been drafted in, and are due to start pumping the fuel out in the coming days. The ship, carrying 4,200 passengers and crew, had its hull ripped open when it hit rocks late on Friday, just hours after leaving the port of Civitavecchia for a week-long Mediterranean cruise. Some people were forced…
…thorities said yesterday that no new evidence has been uncovered in the death of Natalie Wood that would point to foul play Natalie Wood died sometime after the evening of November 28, 1981, when the 43-year-old actress was boating off Catalina Island with her husband Robert Wagner and actor Christopher Walken. The evening before the drowning, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken, w…
Ahead of today’s pre-trial hearing over capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship, Captain Francesco Schettino was said by his family to be both depressed and afraid. Maurilio Russo, Francesco Schettino’s brother-in-law, said the captain was suffering in the knowledge that lives had been lost and was particularly affected by the death of the youngest victim, five-year-old Dayana Arlotti. “HeR…
ship’s captain Francesco Schettino for last week’s crash, in which at least 11 people were killed. The Costa Concordia hit rocks off the coast of the Tuscan island of Giglio with more than 4,200 people on board a week ago. Hundreds were injured. Relatives of victims are expected to come to Giglio, which is being visited by Senate President Renato Schifani, the number two in the Italian…
ausing a ship wreck. Francesco Schettino is currently under house arrest following the disaster which happened earlier this month, after he recklessly steered his 114,000 tons ship, carrying more than 4,000 passengers and crew, on to rocks close to the island of Giglio in a “sail by” salute to impress a crew member. Fabiola Russo, 48, who lives with Francesco Schettino and their 17-year-old daught…
r the impact to give instructions to Russian speaking passengers. Italian newspapers suggested that she was the blonde woman seen dining with Francesco Schettino at around 9:00 p.m. – just under 30 minutes before the disaster – but there is also the possibility she may have been the guest of another officer on the liner. Last night in a bizarre twist a male passenger had to be taken of…
More than 24 hours after Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian coast, three survivors have been found on the stricken cruise ship. Rescuers are trying to reach a third survivor, hours after a honeymooning South Korean couple were rescued. Three people are so far confirmed dead and about 40 are unaccounted for. Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of the Costa Concordia has been arrested…
…tly got close to Giglio”. But Captain Francesco Schettino has said that the rock it hit was not marked on his nautical chart. “We should have had deep water beneath us… We were about 300 metres (1,000ft) from the rocks more or less. We shouldn’t have hit anything.” He also denied claims by prosecutors that he left the Costa Concordia before evacuation was complete. &#…
…e opportunity to respond.” Princess Cruises added that it understood its responsibility under the law of the sea to help any vessel in distress, and said its ships had been involved in more than 30 rescues over the past decade. It said the investigation was continuing. Adrian Vasquez was eventually rescued 1,000 km (620 miles) off the mainland, near the Galapagos Islands. He said he survived…
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