Francesco Schettino
The blame for the Costa Concordia Disaster continued to edge towards under fire Captain Francesco Schettino today.
A recording of radio messages with the Italian coastguard on the mainland clearly show that Schettino had left the ship well before the evacuation was complete. The coastguard Captain then orders him back aboard whilst Schettino makes excuses as to why he can’t return.
Schettino claimed today that he had slipped into a lifeboat and was unable to get back aboard. Quite why the Captain was anywhere near a lifeboat when he should have been co-ordinating the rescue has not been explained.
cruiseastute.com says …
“Unless something major comes to light this tragedy is certainly looking like human error and possibly even recklessness on the part of the Captain and maybe some other members of the crew”
