Italian Cruise Ship Deaths

In 2015 he was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for his role in the incident.

Italian cruise ship deaths. Captain made serious errors in judgment in Italian cruise ship disaster. Francesco Schettino Italian pronunciation. 33 people died as a result from the accident including 32 passengers and crew and one salvage member.

The Italian ship which crashed January 13 2012 off the coast of Italy after hitting a rock was a tragedy that captured international headlines following dozens of deaths of passengers. This Italian cruise ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Tuscany Italy in January 2012 and toppled onto its side. 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.

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. GIGLIO ITALYThe captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized unapproved. 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.

More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died. Several of the ships crew notably Capt. A disastrous Italian cruise crash Friday night killed at least five passengers and injured at least 20 more.

CNNs Tom Foreman explains how the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia went down. The man was identified as 31-year-old Davide Pignataro from Castellammare Italy employed by Princess Cruises as a Second Engineer Officer. 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.

Three dead as Italian cruise ship runs aground. A young Italian officer was found dead in his cabin onboard the cruise ship Regal Princess on February 28 while the vessel was docked in Cozumel Mexico. 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.