Francesco Schettino

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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.

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  Wrecked Costa Concordia Enters Italian Port to be Scrapped

  Ship horns blared on Sunday as the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner limped into the Italian port of Genoa to be scrapped two and a half years after it capsized in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.

• 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.

• Shipwrecked Concordia to be removed in June

  The Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck will be removed in June from its watery graveyard off Tuscany and taken to a port to be dismantled, the final phase of an unprecedented USD 817 million salvage effort.

• 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.

• Indian man, thought to be missing waiter, found by divers in Costa Concordia wreck

  Divers searching the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship today found remains of a body thought to be one of the two missing victims, Italian officials said.

• Italian cruise Costa Concordia wreck lifts off rocks in record salvage

  Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship began emerging from its watery grave today in an unprecedented salvage operation that could create a toxic spill.

• 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 liner captain says portrayed as 'worse than bin Laden'

  The captain of the luxury cruise liner that crashed off the Italian coast nearly a year ago, killing 32 people, said on Monday he had been portrayed as worse than Osama bin Laden.