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== Investigation ==
== Investigation ==
Most early media reports put blame on the accident squarely on the ship's captain and his misconduct. Captain Schettino was widely believed to be solely responsible for both the initial collision and the slow response to the disaster. Schettino (aged 52, of Meta di Sorrento, [[Province of Naples]]), who has worked for Costa Cruises for 11 years,<ref name="bbc2rescued" /> and the ship's first officer, Ciro Ambrosio, were arrested<ref>{{cite news|last=Wade|first=Diane|title=Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship, has been arrested|url=http://www.bellenews.com/2012/01/14/world/europe-news/italian-captain-of-costa-concordia-cruise-ship-has-been-arrested/|accessdate=16 January 2012|newspaper=BelleNews|date=2012-01-14}}</ref> on suspicion of manslaughter and on abandoning ship before passengers were evacuated.<ref name="ocregister" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120115/world/captain-left-ship-well-before-passengers-prosecutor.402320 | title = Captain left ship well before passengers&nbsp;— prosecutor | publisher = timesofmalta.com | accessdate = 16 January 2012 }}</ref> They were questioned on 14 January.<ref name="CNN 2012-01-14">{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/14/world/europe/italy-cruise-deaths/index.html | title = Police arrest Italian captain of cruise ship that ran aground, killing 3 | date = 14 January 2012 | publisher = CNN | accessdate = 14 January 2012 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/64h2cC0CT | archivedate = 14 January 2012 }}</ref> Schettino was released from jail on 17 January but is under house arrest.<ref name="Denti">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-italy-ship-idUSTRE80D08220120117|title=Italian coastguard heard pleading with liner captain|last=Denti|first=Antonio|coauthors=Gavin Jones|date=17 January 2012|publisher=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=17 January 2012|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64lmVo280|archivedate=17 January 2012}}</ref> The ''Corriere Fiorentino'' subsequently released audio recordings of radio calls from [[Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] Captain Gregorio Maria De Falco repeatedly ordering Schettino to return to the ship from his lifeboat and assist in the ongoing passenger evacuation.<ref name="Transcription1EN>{{cite news | url = http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120117/world/the-cruise-captain-in-his-own-words.402735 | title = The cruise captain... in his own words | author = [[Press Association]] | publisher = [[Times of Malta]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref><ref name = "Transcript1IT">{{cite news | url = http://www.corriere.it/cronache/12_gennaio_16/procuratore-grosseto-schettino-fermato-perche-poteva-fuggire_76f76cec-4029-11e1-a5d2-75a8a88b1277.shtml | title = Le telefonate della Capitaneria a Schettino «Comandante che fa, vuole tornare a casa?» | publisher = [[Corriere della sera]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref><ref name = "Audio1">{{cite news | url = http://video.corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/telefonate-il-comandante-capitaneria/cf-167017 | title = Le telefonate tra il comandante e la capitaneria (audio recording) | last = Innocenti | first = Simone | coauthors = Alberto Colombo | publisher = [[Corriere della sera]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref><ref name = "Audio2">{{cite news | url = http://video.corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/esclusivola-seconda-telefonata/cf-167022 | title = Esclusivo/La seconda telefonata (audio recording) | last = Innocenti | first = Simone | coauthors = Alberto Colombo | publisher = [[Corriere della sera]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref> An Italian ship captain who abandons a ship in danger can face up to 12 years in prison.<ref>[http://www.usmaritimelaw.org/news/carnival-cruise-ship-crashes-off-italy/ "Carnival Cruise Ship Crashes off Italy"] (usmaritimelaw.org)</ref>
Most early media reports put blame of the accident squarely on the ship's captain and his misconduct. Captain Schettino was widely believed to be solely responsible for both the initial collision and the slow response to the disaster. Schettino (aged 52, of Meta di Sorrento, [[Province of Naples]]), who has worked for Costa Cruises for 11 years,<ref name="bbc2rescued" /> and the ship's first officer, Ciro Ambrosio, were arrested<ref>{{cite news|last=Wade|first=Diane|title=Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship, has been arrested|url=http://www.bellenews.com/2012/01/14/world/europe-news/italian-captain-of-costa-concordia-cruise-ship-has-been-arrested/|accessdate=16 January 2012|newspaper=BelleNews|date=2012-01-14}}</ref> on suspicion of manslaughter and on abandoning ship before passengers were evacuated.<ref name="ocregister" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120115/world/captain-left-ship-well-before-passengers-prosecutor.402320 | title = Captain left ship well before passengers&nbsp;— prosecutor | publisher = timesofmalta.com | accessdate = 16 January 2012 }}</ref> They were questioned on 14 January.<ref name="CNN 2012-01-14">{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/14/world/europe/italy-cruise-deaths/index.html | title = Police arrest Italian captain of cruise ship that ran aground, killing 3 | date = 14 January 2012 | publisher = CNN | accessdate = 14 January 2012 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/64h2cC0CT | archivedate = 14 January 2012 }}</ref> Schettino was released from jail on 17 January but is under house arrest.<ref name="Denti">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-italy-ship-idUSTRE80D08220120117|title=Italian coastguard heard pleading with liner captain|last=Denti|first=Antonio|coauthors=Gavin Jones|date=17 January 2012|publisher=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=17 January 2012|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64lmVo280|archivedate=17 January 2012}}</ref> The ''Corriere Fiorentino'' subsequently released audio recordings of radio calls from [[Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] Captain Gregorio Maria De Falco repeatedly ordering Schettino to return to the ship from his lifeboat and assist in the ongoing passenger evacuation.<ref name="Transcription1EN>{{cite news | url = http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120117/world/the-cruise-captain-in-his-own-words.402735 | title = The cruise captain... in his own words | author = [[Press Association]] | publisher = [[Times of Malta]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref><ref name = "Transcript1IT">{{cite news | url = http://www.corriere.it/cronache/12_gennaio_16/procuratore-grosseto-schettino-fermato-perche-poteva-fuggire_76f76cec-4029-11e1-a5d2-75a8a88b1277.shtml | title = Le telefonate della Capitaneria a Schettino «Comandante che fa, vuole tornare a casa?» | publisher = [[Corriere della sera]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref><ref name = "Audio1">{{cite news | url = http://video.corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/telefonate-il-comandante-capitaneria/cf-167017 | title = Le telefonate tra il comandante e la capitaneria (audio recording) | last = Innocenti | first = Simone | coauthors = Alberto Colombo | publisher = [[Corriere della sera]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref><ref name = "Audio2">{{cite news | url = http://video.corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/esclusivola-seconda-telefonata/cf-167022 | title = Esclusivo/La seconda telefonata (audio recording) | last = Innocenti | first = Simone | coauthors = Alberto Colombo | publisher = [[Corriere della sera]] | date = 17 January 2012 | accessdate = 18 January 2012}}</ref> An Italian ship captain who abandons a ship in danger can face up to 12 years in prison.<ref>[http://www.usmaritimelaw.org/news/carnival-cruise-ship-crashes-off-italy/ "Carnival Cruise Ship Crashes off Italy"] (usmaritimelaw.org)</ref>


Officials were trying to determine why the ship did not issue a [[mayday]] and why it was navigating so close to the coast. The delay in the evacuation request was also unexplained.<ref name="UPI 2012-01-14">[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/01/14/Italian-cruise-ship-captain-investigated/UPI-33161326517660/ "Italian cruise ship captain investigated"] (14 January 2012) ''UPI''</ref>
Officials were trying to determine why the ship did not issue a [[mayday]] and why it was navigating so close to the coast. The delay in the evacuation request was also unexplained.<ref name="UPI 2012-01-14">[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/01/14/Italian-cruise-ship-captain-investigated/UPI-33161326517660/ "Italian cruise ship captain investigated"] (14 January 2012) ''UPI''</ref>

Revision as of 20:28, 19 January 2012

42°21′55″N 10°55′17″E / 42.365347°N 10.921400°E / 42.365347; 10.921400

Costa Concordia disaster
The Costa Concordia shipwrecked aground
EventSinking of cruise ship Costa Concordia
CauseRan aground on a reef
LocationOff Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, Italy
42°21′53″N 10°55′16″E / 42.36486°N 10.92124°E / 42.36486; 10.92124
Date13 January 2012
CaptainFrancesco Schettino (Italy)[1]
On board4,229
Passengers: 3,229[2]
Crew members: 1,000[2]
Deaths11[3]
Injuries64
Missing21[4]
Rescuedabout 4,197
OriginCivitavecchia, Italy
DestinationSavona, Italy
OperatorCosta Cruises, the Carnival Corporation
Location of the grounding off Isola del Giglio

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia partially sank on 13 January 2012 after hitting a reef off the Italian coast. It ran aground at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, requiring evacuation of 4,197 people on board.[5] At least 11 people were killed, including ten passengers and one crewman;[3][6][1] 64 others were injured (three seriously)[7] and 21 are missing.[4] Two passengers and a crewmember trapped below deck were rescued.[7][8] The captain, Francesco Schettino, and first officer, Ciro Ambrosio, were arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter after sailing much closer to the shore than permitted.[9][10][11] The Costa Concordia entered service for Costa Cruises in July 2006 as the largest ship built in Italy at the time, measuring 114,500 GT, 290.2 metres (952 ft) long, and costing €450 million (US$569 million). By tonnage, it is the largest passenger ship to sink.[12] Industry analysts believe the vessel is a constructive total loss.[13]

Shipwreck

The Costa Concordia on her starboard side showing a rock embedded in the port side of her damaged hull
Wrecked aground and listing at about 80 degrees, with used lifeboats in foreground
File:Costa Concordia Affondata All'Isola Del Giglio.jpg
View from Punta Gabbianara

Costa Concordia suffered an impact at 21:42 local time.[14] The webcam for the ship shows the last update on 13 January at 20:31 GMT.[15] The ship was sailing off Isola del Giglio, having left Civitavecchia earlier that evening at the beginning of a seven-day cruise sailing to Savona and then visiting Marseille, Barcelona, Palma, Cagliari, and Palermo.[16] According to the local coast guard, 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members were on board at the time.[17]

The captain at first stated that the ship had been 300 metres (330 yd) from the shore(i.e., about the length of the vessel) and hit a rock which was not marked on charts. In contrast, the reef the ship struck[18][19] was charted as being an area known as Le Scole[20][21], which extends about 95 metres seaward on the island's east coast and is about 800 metres (870 yd) south of the entrance to the harbour, Giglio Porto. The vessel continued north for approximately another 1,000 metres (1,100 yd) until just north of the harbour entrance. The vessel then turned in an attempt to get close to the harbour. This turn shifted the centre of gravity to the starboard side of the ship, and it listed over to that side initially by about 20°, finally coming to rest in about 25 fathoms (150 ft; 46 m) of water at an angle of heel of about 80°.[22] The ship has a 48.8-metre (160 ft) gash on her port side,[23] with a large rock embedded in the ship's hull.[24]

Captain Schettino is said to have had several reasons for the sail-past near Giglio. Magistrates received testimony that the Captain was, at the time of impact, on the telephone with retired captain Mario Palombo, to tell him that the sail-past being done was in Polumbo's honor. "Seeing as we're passing the island, we'll sound the siren for you", Schettino reportedly said.[25] The sail-past was also for the benefit of the maître d'hôtel of the ship, who is from the island, though the maître d'hôtel did not request the close passing.[26] Giglio Porto's mayor Sergio Ortelli thanked Captain Schettino for the "incredible spectacle" of a previous close pass during a festival in August 2011. "It's a very nice show to see, the ship all lit up when you see it from the land. This time round it went wrong," Mayor Ortelli said.[27]

External audio
audio icon Initial announcement
(in Italian)

Genoa Carabinieri scuba divers have conclusively proven the hull damage was caused by impact on Le Scole reef at 42°21′20″N 10°55′50″E / 42.35556°N 10.93056°E / 42.35556; 10.93056, which had been earlier widely reported as being the impact point. The precise point of impact was eight metres below water on the reef, where the underwater gap widens at the Scole Piccola, the most seaward rock in the reef[25]. Also underwater at that point were found two strips of steel shorn from the ship’s hull, indicating a violent impact. The closest part of the main shoreline was measured at 92 to 96 metres.

Costa Cruises CEO, Pier Luigi Foschi, stated that the company's ships have computer-programmed routes and "alarms, both visual and sound, if the ship deviates by any reason from the stated route as stored in the computer and as controlled by the GPS", but that these alarms can be "manually" overridden.[28] Lloyd's List has published a nautical chart showing the differences between the vessel's route (automatically reported position points) on this cruise compared with its track on the previous week.[29] It also reported that on 14 August 2011, the ship had taken a route closer to Giglio than that travelled the day of the collision.[30] Costa Cruises confirmed that the course taken was "not a defined route for passing Giglio."[31]

Passengers were in the dining hall when there was a sudden, loud bang, which a crew member (speaking over the intercom) ascribed to an "electrical failure".[32] "We told the guests everything was [okay] and under control and we tried to stop them panicking," a cabin steward recalled.[33] The ship lost cabin electrical power shortly after the initial collision.[34] A few minutes after the impact, the captain was warned by the head of the engine room that the breach was an irreparable tear of 70 metres.[35] "The boat started shaking. The noise – there was panic, like in a film, dishes crashing to the floor, people running, people falling down the stairs," said a survivor. Those on board said the ship suddenly tilted to the port side.[36] Passengers were later advised to put on their life jackets.[10] When the ship later turned around, attempting to head back to the harbour, it began to list approximately 20° to the starboard side, the change creating problems in launching the lifeboats. The president of Costa Cruises, Gianni Onorato, said normal lifeboat evacuation had become "almost impossible" because the ship had listed so quickly.[37]

Evacuation and rescue efforts

External videos
video icon Passengers evacuating
video icon Italian Coast Guard infrared
aerial video of evacuation
video icon Daytime aerial video
video icon Rescuers rappelling on top
deck; views inside ship
video icon Reconstruction of the Costa Concordia's voyage

Rescue efforts on the ship were significantly delayed due to the actions of Captain Schettino. When the ship hit the rock, at 21:40, Schettino announced to passengers that the loud bang was an electrical problem. Port authorities were not alerted to the collision until 22:42, more than an hour after the impact, and the order to evacuate the ship was not given until 22:50. A crew member told journalists that if the evacuation order had been given immediately, there would have been no loss of life.[38]

Some passengers had jumped into the water to swim to shore, while others, ready to evacuate the vessel, were delayed by crew members up to 45 minutes, as they resisted immediately lowering the lifeboats.[39] Three people reportedly drowned after jumping overboard, and another seven were critically injured.[40] The local fire chief said his men, "plucked 100 people from the water and saved around 60 others who were trapped in the boat."[41]

The first daylight pictures showed the ship lying on her starboard side and half submerged, not far outside Giglio Harbour.[42] Five helicopters from the Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force took turns airlifting survivors still aboard and ferrying them to safety.[43]

Rescued passengers huddle ashore

On 14 January divers searched the waters until 18:00 then stopped for the night.[44] Divers and firefighters continued to search for survivors who may be trapped in the ship, and rescued a Korean newlywed couple trapped in a cabin two decks above the water line,[45] and a crewman with a broken leg. One diver stated that in their rescue process, they would find a path into the ship and tie down obstacles such as mattresses, before making noise to alert trapped people.[46] The divers are from the Navy, Coast Guard, and Vigili del Fuoco.[12]

On 16 January, the ship shifted about 1.5 centimetres (0.6 in) on a 37-metre (120 ft) ledge in violent waters, interrupting rescue work[47]—trap doors were shut and debris fell on rescuers[12]—and giving rise to fear that the ship could be pushed into 68-metre (224 ft) deep waters[47] or that the fuel in the ship could leak.[48] Operations resumed about three hours later.[47] On 17 January, rescuers set off three explosives[49] to create seven holes in the ship's hull, forging access to areas previously inaccessible.[50] On 18 January, the ship shifted again, interrupting rescue work again. By 19 January, 06:00, efforts resumed,[51] with divers planning to set off more explosives to gain access to Deck Four of the ship.[4]

The head of the coast guard diving team described the conditions as "disastrous".[52] Pitch-black conditions with large furniture drifting around have made the rescue operation hazardous.[49]

Some passagens said that the Titanic theme My Heart Will Go On, of Céline Dion, was playing when the ship started going down.[53][54][55][56][57]

Passengers and personnel

By nationality, the passengers comprised 989 Italians, 569 Germans, 462 French, 177 Spanish,[58] 126–129 US citizens,[58][59][60] 127 Croatians, 108 Russians, 74 Austrians, 69 Swiss,[58] 47 Brazilians,[61] 45 Ukrainians,[62] and at least 34 Dutch;[63] 26 were Chinese citizens of Hong Kong, 25 British citizens, 21 Australians[64], 17–18 Argentines, 13 Taiwanese, 12 Canadians[65], 12 Chinese citizens of the mainland, 12 Poles, 11 Hungarians, 11 Portuguese, 10 Romanians,[66] 10 Colombians, 10 Chileans, nine Turks,[58] eight Bulgarians, eight Peruvians,[67] 4 Israelis, 4 Danes,[68], three Macedonians[69] two South Africans, two Paraguayans, two Finns,[70] one Indian,[71] and one New Zealander.[72] There were an undetermined number of passengers from South Korea,[73] Mexico[74] and the Republic of Ireland.[75]

The nationalities of all crew and personnel aboard have not been enumerated, but it consisted of citizens of 20 to 40 countries.[76] Some are Italians (including the captain and all the officers),[77][73] but approximately half of the personnel were the 202 Indians and 296 Filipinos.[71][76][78] Other nationalities include 170 Indonesians,[79] 12 British nationals,[80] six Brazilians,[61][81] three Russians,[82] and an unspecified number of Colombian, Peruvian, Spanish, Honduran and Chinese nationals.[83][76][1]

Casualties

11 people are known to have died,[3] and 64 others were injured.[7] More than 24 hours after the accident, three people (two passengers and one crewman) trapped below deck were rescued.[7] 21 people are still unaccounted for as rescue workers continued to search the partly submerged ship.[4]

Passengers and crew were housed in available buildings and makeshift shelters in Giglio Porto and elsewhere on Isola del Giglio.

Investigation

Most early media reports put blame of the accident squarely on the ship's captain and his misconduct. Captain Schettino was widely believed to be solely responsible for both the initial collision and the slow response to the disaster. Schettino (aged 52, of Meta di Sorrento, Province of Naples), who has worked for Costa Cruises for 11 years,[1] and the ship's first officer, Ciro Ambrosio, were arrested[84] on suspicion of manslaughter and on abandoning ship before passengers were evacuated.[9][85] They were questioned on 14 January.[86] Schettino was released from jail on 17 January but is under house arrest.[49] The Corriere Fiorentino subsequently released audio recordings of radio calls from Coast Guard Captain Gregorio Maria De Falco repeatedly ordering Schettino to return to the ship from his lifeboat and assist in the ongoing passenger evacuation.[87][88][89][90] An Italian ship captain who abandons a ship in danger can face up to 12 years in prison.[91]

Officials were trying to determine why the ship did not issue a mayday and why it was navigating so close to the coast. The delay in the evacuation request was also unexplained.[92]

Consistent with the quantity of each type of work skill needed on a cruise ship, approximately two-thirds of the multinational ship personnel coming from at most 40 countries were in positions that did not need a seaman’s qualifications. Although trained in basic seamanship skills, they were more akin to hotel workers. They handled services like laundry, cooking, entertainment, cleaning, minding children, and waiting tables.[76]

Several passengers asserted that the crew did not help or were untrained in launching the lifeboats. This allegation was denied by the crew and personnel themselves. A crewmember stated: "The crew members, whether Filipino or Colombians or Indians, tried to the best of our ability to help passengers survive the shipwreck. Comments by some of the passengers that we were unhelpful have hurt us."[71] One of the missing crewmen, a waiter, was last seen helping the passengers.[71]

Costa Cruises CEO, Pier Luigi Foschi, however, praised the crew and personnel despite difficulties resulting from the apparent lack of direction from ship officers and problems in communication. Although all of them speak at least basic English, most spoke no Italian.[76]

One of the ship's voyage data recorders, which was designed to float and did so, was recovered. Another one containing different data was located on 17 January.[93] On 19 January, all the data storage devices from the ship's control panel, including hard disks were recovered.[94]

As part of the investigation the authorities expressed an interest in a 25-year-old Moldovan woman, identified as Domnica Cemortan, who was invited onto the bridge as the cruise liner sailed close to Giglio. She was reportedly not on the official list of passengers and crew and claimed that Captain Schettino was still on the bridge at 11.50 pm. Cemortan was interviewed by a journalist from The Sunday Telegraph on Saturday 14 January 2012 at the Hilton Hotel in Rome’s Fiumicino airport. She then offered a defence of the captain’s actions, saying he had saved over 3,000 lives by steering the stricken ship towards Giglio’s harbour and grounding it close to the shore.[95]

Aftermath

Salvage

When the search for survivors and bodies is complete, Dutch salvage firm Smit International is to remove the vessel's 500,000 gallons[96] of fuel as requested by the ship's owner and insurer.[97] Smit said that the procedure would take two to four weeks.[52] Poor weather conditions may cause a spill as the ship is jolted by waves.[96] Environment minister Clini said some liquid was leaking from the ship but it was not clear if it was fuel. A floating oil barrier was put in place as a precaution.[98] Smit has also offered to remove the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, but the owner has not contracted any firm for this.[97][99]

Carnival Corporation has issued an investor disclosure stating that "The vessel is expected to be out of service for the remainder of our current fiscal year if not longer." [100] The CEO of Costa said that the ship could be refloated, with difficulty, by giant inflatable buoys and then tugged away.[101][102]

Loss

Industry experts believe the ship is a constructive total loss, with damages of at least US$500 million.[13] Costa Cruises has not commented on the fate of the ship as yet.[103] Shares in the Carnival Group, that owns the ship, initially fell by 18% on 16 January following a statement by the group that the sinking of the ship could cost them up to US$95 million (€75 million, £62 million). The insurance excess on the vessel was $30 million.[104]

Reactions

Company

The Carnival Group's chairman and CEO, Micky Arison, said that: "At this time, our priority is the safety of our passengers and crew. We are deeply saddened by this tragic event and our hearts go out to everyone affected by the grounding of the Costa Concordia and especially to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives."[104]

Costa Cruises released a statement on 19 January that it was "to mak[ing] sure [passengers] have returned home and are well, and to confirm that they will receive a refund for the cruise and all material expenses relating to it".[51]

Media

The shipwreck dominated the Italian media in the days after the disaster, as well as media of other countries. Corriere della Sera stated that Italy owed the world a "convincing explanation" for the wreck and called for harsh punishments of those found responsible. Il Giornale said the wreck was a "global disaster for Italy". Il Messaggero said there was "anguish over those still missing". La Repubblica called the event "a night of errors and lies". La Stampa criticized the captain for not raising the alarm and refusing to go back on board the ship.[105]

Rich Lowry, writing for the New York Post, compared Schettino's actions unfavourably with those of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic.[106] A. N. Wilson, writing for the Daily Mail, and Andrew Bolt of the Herald Sun expressed similar sentiments.[107][108]

As a protest many Italians wore T-shirts [109] displaying harbor master De Falco’s exasperated Italian orders to Schettino, 'Vada a bordo, cazzo (Get on board, fuckup). [110] The phrase was often cited on Twitter and Facebook as well.[111]

See also

References

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