Italian Cruise Ship Deaths

The captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship Francesco Schettino takes place for his trial on July 9 2013 in Grosseto.

Italian cruise ship deaths. Italys highest court has upheld the 16-year jail sentence given to the captain of the Costa Concordia which capsized in 2012 killing 32 people. This Italian cruise ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Tuscany Italy in January 2012 and toppled onto its side. Thirty-two people died after the Costa Concordia cruis ship ran aground with more than 4000 passengers and crew on 13 January 2012 only hours after leaving the Italian port of Civitavecchia.

Over 4000 were evacuated from the liner while rescuers began efforts to save 200 others trapped onboard. Schettino is charged with multiple manslaughter over the 32 people who lost their lives and is accused of abandoning the ship while terrified passengers were still inside in the January 13 2012 disaster. Of the 4200 aboard 32 died and 64 were injured.

On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. In 2015 he was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for his role in the incident. Cruise Ship Deaths and Disappearances.

The liner capsized and sank on July 26. Three people have died and about 40 are missing after an Italian cruise ship with more than 4000 people on board ran aground and keeled over. Wed 17 Jul 2013 1338 EDT.

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. 33 people died as a result from the accident including 32 passengers and crew and one salvage member. The Italian court trying the captain of the Costa Concordia has heard grim details about how the 32 victims of the shipwreck drowned some after diving or falling into.

Three dead as Italian cruise ship runs aground. Between 14 and 30 January 2012 rescue divers searched within the ship for missing people and recovered most of the bodies. At least six people were killed and 15 injured Friday night after a cruise ship ran aground near the Italian island of Giglio Italys ANSA news agency reported early Saturday.