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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: January 23, 2012, 05:47:06 PM »
"Legal maneuverings between Captain Schettino’s lawyers and Costa Cruises, which has sought to depict him as the only wrongdoer, took a new turn on Monday. Bruno Leporatti, Captain Schettino’s lawyer, said in a statement that other Costa Cruises officials, including its marine operations director, may share responsibility for the wreck of the 950-foot ship, which cost $563 million when it went into service in 2006.
Mr. Leporatti also said some emergency pumps and the water-tight doors of the Costa Concordia did not work, which may have caused the ship to list heavily to starboard. The vessel was designed to sink symmetrically.
Italian news reports on the shipwreck also added some mysterious elements to the convoluted aftermath. Newspapers said a mysterious woman, possibly a Costa Cruises lawyer or an employee, took Captain Schettino’s laptop computer the morning after the shipwreck from a Giglio hotel where he had spent a short time after coming ashore in a life boat. It was not clear how he would have managed to bring the laptop with him, given earlier accounts of the chaotic escape. Costa Cruises denied the reports. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/world/europe/bodies-of-women-located-on-italian-ship-costa-concordia.html
"A woman thought to be a lawyer may have been sent to silence the captain of the capsized Costa Concordia.
Prosecutors yesterday said Captain Francesco Schettino was seen with the mystery blonde the morning after the disaster, and she may have been sent by Costa Cruises.
They are investigating whether she was told to shut Schettino up and take his personal computer."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/24/lawyer-thought-to-have-been-sent-to-gag-costa-concordia-captain-115875-23714590/
Mr. Leporatti also said some emergency pumps and the water-tight doors of the Costa Concordia did not work, which may have caused the ship to list heavily to starboard. The vessel was designed to sink symmetrically.
Italian news reports on the shipwreck also added some mysterious elements to the convoluted aftermath. Newspapers said a mysterious woman, possibly a Costa Cruises lawyer or an employee, took Captain Schettino’s laptop computer the morning after the shipwreck from a Giglio hotel where he had spent a short time after coming ashore in a life boat. It was not clear how he would have managed to bring the laptop with him, given earlier accounts of the chaotic escape. Costa Cruises denied the reports. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/world/europe/bodies-of-women-located-on-italian-ship-costa-concordia.html
"A woman thought to be a lawyer may have been sent to silence the captain of the capsized Costa Concordia.
Prosecutors yesterday said Captain Francesco Schettino was seen with the mystery blonde the morning after the disaster, and she may have been sent by Costa Cruises.
They are investigating whether she was told to shut Schettino up and take his personal computer."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/24/lawyer-thought-to-have-been-sent-to-gag-costa-concordia-captain-115875-23714590/