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On 5 July 2012, Schettino was released from house arrest but mandated to reside in Meta di Sorrento. [36] Prior to Schettino's trial, Pier Luigi Foschi, at that time chairman of Costa, put blame on the captain as being responsible for deviating from the course and sailing close to Giglio. [3] Costa terminated Schettino's employment in 2012. [37]
Schettino was released from jail on 17 January but was placed under house arrest. [75] The house arrest order included an "absolute prohibition against going away or communicating by any means with persons other than his cohabitants". [13] On 7 February, the Court decided to continue Schettino's house arrest. [251]
January 13, 2012: Captain Francesco Schettino abandoned his ship before hundreds of passengers had been evacuated during the Costa Concordia disaster. 32 people died in the accident. Schettino was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in the disaster. April 16, 2014: Captain Lee Joon-seok abandoned the South Korean ferry MV Sewol.
In Italy in 2012, that someone was Francesco Schettino, the captain of the luxury liner Costa Concordia who slammed it into a reef, capsizing off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Thirty-two people died.
Francesco Schettino, the ship's captain at that time, was tried and found guilty of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident, and abandoning his ship. He was sentenced to sixteen years in prison in 2015. The wreck was salvaged three years after the incident and then towed to the port of Genoa, where she was scrapped.
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