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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: January 20, 2012, 09:00:07 AM »
"The Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that investigators had established Captain Francesco Schettino spoke on three occasions to the ship's operator, Costa Cruises, via its emergency unit before the evacuation began.
Investigators wanted to know whether the 68 minutes that elapsed during the course of these calls was because Mr Schettino had underplayed or underestimated the gravity of the damage sustained by the liner, or because Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Miami-based Carnival, had been reluctant to sanction a decision to evacuate that might cost it millions of euros in compensation, the paper said."
http://www.smh.com.au/world/costa-talks-compo-for-cruise-ship-survivors-20120120-1qa8e.html
Investigators wanted to know whether the 68 minutes that elapsed during the course of these calls was because Mr Schettino had underplayed or underestimated the gravity of the damage sustained by the liner, or because Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Miami-based Carnival, had been reluctant to sanction a decision to evacuate that might cost it millions of euros in compensation, the paper said."
http://www.smh.com.au/world/costa-talks-compo-for-cruise-ship-survivors-20120120-1qa8e.html