Costa Concordia Captain

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  Costa Concordia Captain Sentenced to 16 Years for 2012 Shipwreck

  An Italian court sentenced the former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner to 16 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people off the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio.

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  Costa Concordia Captain Claims Ship Was 30 Seconds From Avoiding Disaster

  The Italian ex-captain of the doomed Costa Concordia claimed at his manslaughter trial Saturday that "with 30 more seconds" -- and warning from his crew -- the cruise ship's deadly crash could have been averted.

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  Costa Concordia Captain Says Gravity Forced Him Off Disaster Ship

  The captain of the Costa Concordia told his manslaughter trial Wednesday that gravity not cowardice had been behind his decision to abandon ship with passengers and crew still aboard.

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  Costa Concordia Captain Admits 'Showing Off' When Cruise Ship Steered Onto Rocks

  Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino told a court Tuesday that he was showing off when he steered the cruise ship onto rocks off the Italian island of Giglio.

• Furore after Concordia Captain Gives Seminar

  A Rome university professor is facing a disciplinary hearing after inviting the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to lecture students on emergency procedures.

• Italy Cruise Ship Removal Gets Go-Ahead for Tomorrow

  Italian authorities today gave their final go-ahead for operations to lift and tow away the Costa Concordia cruise ship from its watery resting place to begin on Monday at 0400 GMT.

• Italy Cruise Survivors Testify for First Time

  Survivors of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster began testifying for the first time yesterday at the trial of its captain Francesco Schettino as the liner's owner said it could be towed away in July.

• Tragedies at sea: The Sewol and the Costa Concordia

  The causes may be very different and the toll far heavier but Italian media have pointed to similarities between the ferry disaster of the Sewol in South Korea and the Costa Concordia cruise ship crash in 2012.

• I was captain's lover: woman on Concordia cruise ship

  A Moldovan dancer who had been on the bridge of the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it crashed into a reef off Italy electrified the captain's manslaughter trial on Tuesday by testifying reluctantly that the two were lovers.

• Five people sentenced to jail for Costa Concordia disaster

  Four Costa Concordia crew members and a company official were sentenced to jail in Italy on Saturday for their part in the 2012 cruise ship disaster that killed 32 people, leaving only Captain Francesco Schettino still on trial.

• Trial of cruise ship 'Captain Coward' opens in Italy

  Captain Francesco Schettino, dubbed Italy's "most hated man" by tabloids over the spectacular crash of his cruise ship in 2012 with the loss of 32 lives, went on trial on Tuesday charged with manslaughter.

• Italy court hearings set scene for Concordia shipwreck trial

  A series of pre-trial hearings into the Costa Concordia shipwreck with captain Francesco Schettino was to wrap up on Friday, paving the way for a trial on a tragedy in which 32 people died.

• Stricken ship captain blames company pressure: reports

  The captain of the stricken Costa Concordia liner told a friend a day after the disaster that a manager from the cruise company pressured him to sail too close to shore, the Italian media has reported.

• I am not going back: Captain of Italian ship told port official

  In the hours after cruise liner Costa Concordia struck rocks off Italy, a port official urged Captain Francesco Schettino, who had abandoned ship, to return on board and help evacuation efforts.

• Cruise liner captain fled, pleaded not to reboard stricken ship

  Five more bodies were found on Tuesday from a crippled cruise ship, and a shocking audio emerged in which the ship's captain was heard making excuses as an Italian coast guard officer repeatedly ordered him to return and oversee his ship's chaotic evacuation.