GUILTY Italy - Costa Concordia Cruise Ship runs aground/flips, 2012

[BetteDavisEyes]

Captain of wrecked cruise ship on trial in Italy

FRANCES D'EMILIO, AP
4 hours ago

GROSSETO, Italy (AP) — The trial of the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner began Tuesday in a theater converted into a courtroom in Tuscany to accommodate all the survivors and relatives of the 32 victims who want to see justice carried out in the 2012 tragedy, but the hearing was quickly postponed because of a nationwide strike by lawyers.

The sole defendant, Francesco Schettino, is charged with multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing the shipwreck near the island of Giglio. He slipped through a back door and did not speak to reporters as he arrived at the courtroom.

Judge Giovanni Puliatti adjourned the hearing until July 17 because of a strike by lawyers over a long-running dispute with the Justice Ministry over proposed reforms.

Schettino's lawyer, Domenico Pepe, said that some 1,000 witnesses will be called to testify.

Many of the witnesses will be drawn from the 4,200 passengers and crew aboard the ship that struck a jagged reef off Giglio, took on water and capsized.

Schettino, depicting himself as a scapegoat, has denied wrongdoing...

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world/20130709/EU--Italy-Ship.Aground/

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Moldovan dancer in court to support captain of doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia as his trial for manslaughter begins

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rt-Costa-Concordia-captain.html#ixzz2ZKOLpcob

 

[mysteriew]

Moldovan dancer in court to support captain of doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia as his trial for manslaughter begins

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rt-Costa-Concordia-captain.html#ixzz2ZKOLpcob

I wonder if he is still married? And does wifey attend trial?

 

[Mickie Mouse]

http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/salvage-crews-rush-one-chance-remove-concordia-6C10645837

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Five Convicted for Costa Concordia Shipwreck

http://abcnews.go.com/International/t/story/italy-court-convicts-costa-crociere-employees-19721609

 

[mysteriew]

Five Convicted for Costa Concordia Shipwreck

http://abcnews.go.com/International/t/story/italy-court-convicts-costa-crociere-employees-19721609

2 years and 10 mos isn't much. But they should be able to get their testimony out of it. And after all they weren't the ones giving the orders and setting the course. The negligent Romeo did that. How is his trial going?

 

[fhc]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...passengers-crew-shipwrecked-cruise-liner.html

The ship's captain- Francesco Schettino- offered to accept a sentence of three years, five months in return for a guilty plea.

JMO, Francesco should fry for this! He should never know freedom again. 32 lives never to live again...FS is disgusting & dispicable, and has brought dishonor and shame to his position and profession. The courts should make an example of him for other captains in the future that might consider thinking of themselves only when disaster occurs.

 

[mysteriew]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...passengers-crew-shipwrecked-cruise-liner.html

The ship's captain- Francesco Schettino- offered to accept a sentence of three years, five months in return for a guilty plea.

JMO, Francesco should fry for this! He should never know freedom again. 32 lives never to live again...FS is disgusting & dispicable, and has brought dishonor and shame to his position and profession. The courts should make an example of him for other captains in the future that might consider thinking of themselves only when disaster occurs.

FS made many decisions that day. He decided to 'buzz' the island. He decided to devote his attention to his 'lady' friend. And he decided he wasn't going down with his ship. He decided that to make sure of that, he had to leave the ship and leave the others to find their own way.

He shouldn't complain now because he is having to answer to that decision. That decision was made a long time ago.

 

[Mickie Mouse]

http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/italys-wrecked-costa-concordia-cruise-ship-be-raised-8C11137988

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Underwater cameras capture the eerie corridors on the Costa Concordia and the debris of shattered holidays on seabed on eve of operation to raise striken cruise ship"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-eve-operation-raise-striken-cruise-ship.html

 

[Yoda]

Live coverage as they attempt to turn the ship upright.

http://globalnews.ca/news/841426/salvage-effort-will-try-to-hoist-costa-concordia/

 

[redheadedgal]

9:45pm PST

 

[Trident]

Saw it this AM on the news - she's upright!

Great feat of engineering, says I.

 

[Mickie Mouse]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...-concordia-cruise-liner-upright?lite&t1=43001

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hour-salvage-battle.html?ICO=most_read_module

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Concordia captain: It was the helmsman's fault

FRANCES D'EMILIO, AP
51 minutes ago

GROSSETO, Italy (AP) — At his trial on Monday, the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia blamed his helmsman for botching a last-minute corrective maneuver that he contended would have avoided the cruise ship's deadly collision with a reef.

Capt. Francesco Schettino, the sole defendant on trial, also pressed his request for an inspection of the crippled luxury liner, which just last week was raised upright in a spectacular salvage operation off the Tuscan island of Giglio.

The complicated maritime operation righted the Concordia outside Giglio harbor, where it had capsized the night of Jan. 13, 2012, killing 32 people. Salvage engineers say the now-upright ship would be more accessible for court-appointed experts to inspect.

Schettino is charged with manslaughter, with causing the shipwreck and with abandoning ship before its 4,200 passengers and crew could all be safely evacuated. He contends he is being made a scapegoat and that errors by other Costa Crociere SpA crew and mechanical problems aggravated the consequences of the tragedy...

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130923/EU--Italy--Ship.Aground/

 

[Reader]

What a shameless jerk! It doesn't matter who did what he is responsible:

A sea captain (also called a captain or a master or a shipmaster) is a licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel.[1] The captain is responsible for its safe and efficient operation, including cargo operations, navigation, crew management and ensuring that the vessel complies with local and international laws, as well as company and flag state policies. All persons on board, including officers and crew, other shipboard staff members, passengers, guests and pilots, are under the captain's authority and are his ultimate responsibility.

Sea captain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Yoda]

Human remains found next to the ship.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/26/world/europe/italy-costa-concordia-remains/

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

'Let's go do this f***ing Giglio thing!': Navigator tells court what Costa Concordia captain said before ship ran aground

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...o-Lets-f--ing-Giglio-thing.html#ixzz2h8XzOnk2

 

[Elley Mae]

World's biggest submersible hired to remove Costa Concordia from Giglio

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ed-to-remove-Costa-Concordia-from-Giglio.html

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Moldovan dancer admits she was Concordia captain's lover"

"Domnica Cemortan had previously denied any affair with Schettino, who faces multiple charges including manslaughter, and her confession may prompt prosecutors to query the quality of her testimony, which had shown him in a positive light."


"Cemortan said she had not seen Schettino since the shipwreck. She also confirmed she had boarded the ship that same day without a ticket, adding: "When you're somebody's lover they don't ask you for a ticket".

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...-admits-she-was-concordia-captains-lover?lite