Francesco Schettino

Latest Stories

Defense lawyer Saverio Senese meets the media outside the Court of Cassation in Rome, Friday, May 12, 2017. The Italian captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that crashed into a reef in 2012, killing 32 people, was headed to a Rome prison after losing his final appeals bid. The Court of Cassation, Italy’s highest criminal tribunal, in a ruling Friday evening, upheld Francesco Schettino’s lower court convictions and his 16-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Captain of shipwrecked Costa cruise liner heads to jail

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Court President, Judge Giovanni Puliatti, sitting at center, is flanked by judges Sergio Compagnucci, right, and Marco Mezzaluna, left, in the court room of the converted Teatro Moderno theater for his the trial of Captain Francesco Schettino, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Concordia captain: It was the helmsman’s fault

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

** FILE ** Francesco Schettino (right), the former captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, leaves the Teatro Moderno theater where the first hearing of the trial for the Jan. 13, 2012, shipwreck which left 32 people dead, is taking place, in Grosseto, Italy, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian prosecutor seeks trial for captain in Costa Concordia shipwreck

Associated Press

** FILE ** Tourists take pictures of the Costa Concordia wreckage as they arrive on a ferry to the Giglio Island, Italy, Thursday, July 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Costa Concordia captain: I’ll command again

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A priest blesses a commemorative plaque bearing the names of the 32 people who died in the Costa Concordia shipwreck after the plaque was unveiled on Tuscany's Isola del Giglio on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Survivors of the shipwreck and relatives of those who died marked the first anniversary of the grounding Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Victims of Costa shipwreck mark 1st anniversary

By Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Survivors, captain hear Italian shipwreck evidence

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Francesco Schettino (left, rear), the captain of the Costa Concordia, was fired after the ship hit a reef and tipped over. A hearing is reviewing his actions before the accident and the evacuation of passengers. (Associated Press)

Italian cruise ship victims’ families seek justice

By Frances D’Emilio - Associated Press

Italian firefighters conduct search operations on the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, after the vessel ran aground the previous Friday night off the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio in Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Experts fault captain, crew, Costa for Italy shipwreck

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A scuba diver makes his way into a flooded cabin of the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, in this undated photo. (AP Photo/Italian navy GOS)

Official: More ship survivors would be miracle

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Schettino

Mariners deplore cruise captain’s abandoning ship

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

People view the cruise ship Costa Concordia as it lays on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Ship captain tells port: It’s just a blackout

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italian naval divers (top left) recover a body from the cruise ship Costa Concordia on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, off Italy's Tuscan coast. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian cruise ship tally: 11 dead, 21 missing

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, after running aground Friday night off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Audio: Captain pleaded not to reboard cruise ship

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italian divers recover one of five bodies Tuesday from the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Tuscany, raising the official death toll to 11. Teams have been searching the vessel for passengers and crew missing since the vacation liner foundered on rocks Friday evening. (Associated Press)

Captain defied order to return to crippled ship, audiotape reveals

By Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Italian firefighters scuba divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its side, the day after it ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. A helicopter on Sunday airlifted a third survivor from the capsized hulk of a luxury cruise ship 36 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast, as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the captain for manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

29 passengers still missing from cruise ship

By Frances D'Emilio and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italian firefighters conduct search operations on the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, after the vessel ran aground the previous Friday night off the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio in Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Environmental fears mount in Italian cruise wreck

By Frances D'Emilio and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press