Italy Cruise Ship Captain Abandoned

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 it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island.

Italy cruise ship captain abandoned. Only a disgraceful man. Francesco Schettino denied he had abandoned ship before passengers and crew were evacuated. What happened to the captain of the Italian cruise ship.

The captain of the cruise ship that sank off Italys coast leaving some 39 people dead or missing was ordered to return aboard from a lifeboat to oversee his ships evacuation according to. The Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian coast in 2012 killing 32 people. Captain abandoned ship THREE people were saved from Italys shipwreck as questions linger about why the captain left ship before others.

The ships captain has been taken into. It was a luxurious ocean city paradise that wowed everyone who stepped foot on it. Maps and graphics about the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off Italys west coast with 4000 on board.

9 of 17 10 of 17 Four years after Costa Concordias tragic shipwreck photographer Jonathan Danko Kielkowski captured these images of the abandoned ship off the coast of Italy. Italian cruise ship captain gets 16-year jail sentence Accusations included manslaughter causing shipwreck and abandoning ship while passengers were still aboard. Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit.

No way have I abandoned ship. The massive Italian cruise ship the Costa Concordia foundered on rocks just off the Mediterranean island of Giglio on the night of January 13 2012. It was a case of a captain hot-dogging and showing off his apparently limited navigation skills to a retired master mariner ashore.

The final and most dramatic call took place at 146am when after confirming that he was speaking to the captain a coastguard. Schettino who is denying all charges is accused of having abandoned the ship on Friday at 2330 while there were still about 230 people aboard -- including two newborns and four disabled people. The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison.