Captain Francesco Schettino
The Captain of the Costa Concordia had already damaged another ship whist sailing too fast into the German port of Warnemunde it emerged today.
Francesco Schettino was at the helm of the Costa Atlantica manouvering at a speed of 7.7 to 7.9 knots when he damaged the German Cruise Ship Aida Blu in June 2010.
Schettino responded at the time that he didn’t know the speed limit.
Meanwhile, according to the leaked prosecution evidence, the Concordia’s first officer Ciro Ambrosio has stated that “The captain told us not to tell the harbourmaster anything about what had happened. He said to tell them that everything was under control”.
Schettino, described in court papers by retired Costa captain Mario Palombo as “a liar and he is too proud”, remained under house arrest. Palombo also accused the disgraced captain of having difficulty manouvering large ships in his 2003 profile.
