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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: January 20, 2012, 04:57:00 PM »
"The chief executive of the company that owns the Costa Concordia cruise ship says the captain who grounded it off the coast of Tuscany did not relay correct information to the company or the crew after the vessel hit rocks.
CEO Pierluigi Foschi told Italian state TV Friday his company spoke to the captain at 10:05 p.m., some 20 minutes after the ship was grounded but could not offer proper assistance because the captain's description "did not correspond to the truth."
Capt. Francesco Schettino only said he had "problems" aboard but did not mention hitting rocks.
Foschi said crew members were not informed of the gravity of the situation either."
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ceo-costa-captain-misled-company-crew-15406446#.TxniPIHCaSo
"Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia vessel that ran aground a week ago, told magistrates that he spoke to Costa Crociere SpA 10 times to tell the Carnival Corp. (CCL) unit what had happened, Corriere della Sera reported.
Schettino said he spoke to the person responsible for the crisis unit and asked for helicopters and tugboats because he thought the damage could be repaired, according to the Italian newspaper. He said he started to prepare for an evacuation and didn’t want to cause panic, according to Corriere. Schettino also told magistrates he thought the vessel would be pushed closer to the shore where it would have been easier to disembark, the daily newspaper reported.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-21/concordia-captain-told-costa-ship-was-in-trouble-corriere-says.html
CEO Pierluigi Foschi told Italian state TV Friday his company spoke to the captain at 10:05 p.m., some 20 minutes after the ship was grounded but could not offer proper assistance because the captain's description "did not correspond to the truth."
Capt. Francesco Schettino only said he had "problems" aboard but did not mention hitting rocks.
Foschi said crew members were not informed of the gravity of the situation either."
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ceo-costa-captain-misled-company-crew-15406446#.TxniPIHCaSo
"Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia vessel that ran aground a week ago, told magistrates that he spoke to Costa Crociere SpA 10 times to tell the Carnival Corp. (CCL) unit what had happened, Corriere della Sera reported.
Schettino said he spoke to the person responsible for the crisis unit and asked for helicopters and tugboats because he thought the damage could be repaired, according to the Italian newspaper. He said he started to prepare for an evacuation and didn’t want to cause panic, according to Corriere. Schettino also told magistrates he thought the vessel would be pushed closer to the shore where it would have been easier to disembark, the daily newspaper reported.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-21/concordia-captain-told-costa-ship-was-in-trouble-corriere-says.html