Tag: Francesco Schettino

• Thursday, February 12th 2015 - 05:26 UTC

  Costa Concordia cruise captain sentenced to 16 years in prison for 2012 shipwreck

  

  The former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in the 2012 shipwreck, which killed 32 people off the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio. Francesco Schettino was commanding the vessel, a floating hotel as long as three football pitches, when it hit rocks off the island, tearing a hole in its side.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:09 UTC

  First convictions from the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 people

  

  A court in Italy has convicted five people of manslaughter over the Costa Concordia shipwreck off Giglio Island which killed 32 people in January 2012. Two officers, the helmsman, the head of cabin service and the head of the crisis team were given up to two years and 10 months in jail for multiple manslaughter, negligence and shipwreck.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:00 UTC

  Costa Cruises pay a million Euros fine to dismiss criminal charges

  

  Costa Cruises accepted a one million Euros fine as part of a settlement with the Italian government that would dismiss possible criminal charges for last year's ‘Costa Concordia’ shipwreck, which killed 32 people.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 22:29 UTC

  Costa cruise announces 7 new safety measures including mandatory safety drills

  

  Costa Cruises announced the introduction of seven new safety measures over the weekend during a ceremony celebrating the delivery of the company's new 665 million dollars flagship.

• Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 19:42 UTC

  Captain Schettino’s lover admits she was in the Concordia bridge when the crash

  

  The Moldovan blonde spotted with the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, on the night of the disaster, has told Italian investigators she is in love with him.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 21:02 UTC

  Tapes confirm Costa Concordia told by managers to steam close to the shore when the accident

  

  The captain of the doomed Italian liner Costa Concordia said he was told by managers to take his ship close in to shore on the night it ran aground and capsized, according to bugged conversations leaked in Italian newspapers.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 15:23 UTC

  Costa Concordia captain claims he was ordered to make the fatal ‘salute’ display

  

  The operators of the Costa Concordia faced questions over their share of the blame for the shipwreck, as divers recovered another body from the stricken liner, bringing the known death toll to 13.