What Happened To The Cruise Ship That Sank In Italy

Captain Francesco Schettino was on the bridge when the ship hit.

What happened to the cruise ship that sank in italy. Francesco Schettino Italian pronunciation. The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison. The ship is being towed to.

Emergency teams in Italy are racing to rescue about 40 people still believed to be missing after a cruise ship ran aground off the countrys west. In 2013 the New York Times did a study and found that between 1980 and 2012 16 cruise ships have sunk with most being in inhospitable waters doing adventure cruises such as visiting Antarctica or smaller vessels that got caught in sudden storms such as the Estona which sank in 1994 killing more than 800 people in the Baltic Sea. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.

The Times notes that from 1980 to 2012 about 16 cruise ships have sunk. Half a decade on the rusty metal vessel is. 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.

More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died. A sixth body has been found in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the coast of TuscanySubscribe. Several of the ships crew notably Capt.

The wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship sits near the harbor of Giglio Italy on Sept. It is nearly five years to the day that the Italian cruise ship hit an underwater rock off the island of Giglio near Tuscany. The captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship Francesco Schettino takes place for his trial on July 9 2013 in Grosseto.

Also question is what happened to the captain of the Italian cruise ship. On January 13th 2012 the giant Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and sank off Isola del Giglio Tuscany after running into an underwater rock claiming 32 lives. 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.