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| Costa Concordia: coast guard to captain: 'Get back on board the ship!' |
| 2012-01-17 |
| The moment Captain Francesco Schettino, commander of the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship, refused to return to his vessel was recorded in their radio exchange. Mr Schettino is in jail, accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. He denies all wrongdoing and was questioned by magistrates on Tuesday. The audio recording, on Corriere della Sera's website, reflected the chaos and confusion in the minutes after the Costa Concordia, carrying more than 4,000 passengers and crew, hit a rock off the Tuscany coast on Friday night and keeled over. Eleven people were killed and 24 are still missing. The recording is full of background noises such as radio static, beeps and background noise of people and confusion. Some of the exchanges went as follows: |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Lord Jim. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2012-01-17 23:21 |
| #2 Reminds me of TV's great "GET SMART" Character SIEGFRIED from KAOS, aka "The First Man out of El Alamein". As per CNN + FOX NEWS AM, the Italia Coast Guard insisted that they were now officially in charge of the situation because Capt. Schettino had already stated he had declared "abandon ship", + demanded to Capt. Schettino that he return to the vessel to organize + overwatch the lift + rescue of passengers to shore. THE CG EXPRESSED SHOCK + SURPISE THAT HE SCHETTINO WAS ALREADY ON SHORE WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE CONCORDIA'S PASSENGERS WERE STILL BACK ON THE SHIP TRYING TO GET OFF. Once again, "Captain goes down wid his Ship" + "Women, Children, + Elderly first", etc. Mariner-isms takes a beating wid this latest Cruise Ship incident in the Med. FYI Capt. Schettino's proper decisions, or lack of same, as per safe ship maneuvers in narrow waters, are also dubious. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-17 20:10 |
| #1 "I ain't getting back on board that ship, the hull is breached and the captain is a loon!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-01-17 15:07 |