Costa Concordia trial: Was captain Francesco Schettino really the only one at fault for the disaster?

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Captain Schettino, although clearly guilty, was quickly turned into a scapegoat by Costa Cruises and its parent company, Carnival Corporation,” he told The Independent on Sunday. Poor communication between the crew members and passengers, inadequate safety procedures, poor evacuation procedures, and technical defects in the ship all revealed legal fault by the cruise line.” open image in gallery The Costa Concordia disaster in 2012 resulted in the deaths of 32 people Costa Cruises declined to comment on this, although it has previously disputed that there were any significant technical defects. He said: “No one remembers CEO Luigi Foschi, but everyone knows and despises Captain Coward.” Two captains found guilty over Hong Kong ferry tragedy The captain of a Hong Kong commuter ferry that collided with another boat in 2012, killing 39 people, was also found guilty of manslaughter yesterday. A nine-member jury also found Lai Sai-ming guilty of endangering the safety of others at sea in what was Hong Kong’s biggest maritime tragedy in decades, the South China Morning Post said.