Costa Concordia Cruise Ship
The Costa Concordia has now been brought up from the shallow shores of the sea and is sitting in port.
Costa concordia cruise ship. She is sister ship to the Costa Serena. More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died. Francesco Schettino Italian pronunciation.
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. Costa Concordia is a Concordia-Class cruise ship owned and operated by the Carnival Corporations subsidiary Costa Cruises. The Captain sailing the ship at the time was captain Francesco Schettino who had worked for Costa Cruises for 11 years.
The Concordia is owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises. The Costa Concordia left the Italian port of Civitavecchia at 1918 local time 1818 GMT. On 13 January 2012 whilst the Costa Concordia was in navigation in the Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian sea Italian coastline with 4229 persons on board 3206 passengers and 1023 crewmembers in favourable meteo-marine conditions at 21 45 07 LT local time the ship suddenly collided with the Scole Rocks at the Giglio Island.
Several of the ships crew notably. In 2015 he was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for his role in the incident. Born 14 November 1960 is an Italian former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012.
The Legacy of the Costa Concordia Disaster by Elias Rudnikas. 952-foot ship ran aground in January 2012 on Tuscan island of Giglio killing 32 passengers. Former captain of the Costa Concordia Francesco Schettino speaks with reporters after being aboard the ship with the team of experts inspecting the wreck on February 27 2014 in.
The ship was heading out on a week-long cruise around. The pictures he took show a tragic scene. It was christened in 2006 at which point the ship was believed to be the largest cruise ship flying the Italian flag.
