Video: CBS "Captain Schettino remains the most reviled man in Italy."
Six Months After Costa Concordia Disaster, Ship Remains Offshore
Captain Schettino: “I F—ed Up!” – Black Box Reveals the Truth
Yesterday, we discussed Captain Schettino’s paid interview with an Italian news station where he blamed a junior officer for the Concordia disaster, claiming that he entered the bridge only after the cruise ship hit the rocks. He says that he ordered the navigation to be manual in an effort to save the ship.
But today
Paid Over $60,000 for Interview, Captain Schettino Still Can’t Offer Genuine Apology to Concordia Cruise Victims
The big news coming our of Italy as we approach the 6 month anniversary of the Costa Concordia disaster is an interview the infamous Francesco Schettino gave to an Italian television channel.
Now that an Italian court has released Captain Schettino from house release and lifted the gag order imposed on him in January, we
Delusional & Grandiose: Captain Schettino Claims That He & God Diverted Disaster!
Earlier today I blogged that the Italian judges released Costa Captain Schettino of the doomed Concordia cruise ship from house arrest. The judges also released him from the strict prohibition against speaking with anyone other than his lawyer and close family friends.
So by this afternoon we have one of Captain Schettino’s first statements.
Costa Captain Schettino Released From House Arrest
Reuters is reporting that yesterday Italian judges released the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship from house arrest.
Francesco Schettino was arrested following his abandonment of the Concordia on on January 13th in a disaster in which 30 passengers and crew died and two people are lost and presumed dead.
The judges in
Captain Schettino: The Most Hated Man in the History of Cruising?
Just when you thought this National-Enquirer-like story of the cowardly Costa cruise ship captain could not get any weirder, the Italian magazine Chi published a photograph of Captain Schettino and former cruise dancer/hostess Domnica Cemortan. It seems like the love birds were eating oysters and crab legs at a restaurant about a month before married Capitano Amore wrecked his cruise ship
January 2012 – Spotlight on Cruise Ship Dangers – Do You Trust Cruise Lines and Travel Agents?
Last month was an ugly, ugly month for the cruise industry.
January 2012 will long be remembered as the month that brought us the death and destruction surrounding the the Costa Concordia cruise ship, resulting in the media asking us- is it safe to cruise?
Lots of other really bad things have been happening in the world of cruising this new year before the Concordia disaster, seemingly
Unbelievable . . .
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Costa Concordia Captain Schettino – Chicken of the Seas
The captain always goes down with the ship, the saying goes.
Or at least the captain is the last to leave a sinking vessel.
But not on the Costa Concordia.
Passengers aboard the stricken Costa cruise ship say that they observed Italian Master Francesco Schettino draped in a blanket aboard a lifeboat heading to safety as the