Costa Concordia (Costa Concordia) - the ship's last cruise in the Mediterranean Sea

On the night of January 14, 2012 in the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Giglio, off the coast of the Italian region of Tuscany. There were more than 4.2 thousand passengers and crew members on board the ship. The crash killed 32 people and injured more than 100.

A giant liner 290 meters long with 17 decks, which housed 1.5 thousand cabins, a two-level fitness area with an area of ​​more than two thousand square meters, a concert hall, a 4D cinema, an art gallery and a small library, as well as a casino, boutiques, restaurants and bars. , left on January 13, 2012 from the port of Civitavecchia near Rome on a cruise along the Mediterranean Sea and headed to Savona. A few hours after departure, while passengers were having dinner in restaurants, the Costa Concordia ran into a rocky ledge, resulting in a hole on the left side, the length of which was about 70 meters.

Gradually the ship began to sink into the water. Then the airliner is a kilometer north of the scene.

Crew members led by captain Francesco Schettino tell passengers what happened. Panic began on board.
The evacuation of people from the liner continued throughout the night. It involved coast guard vessels and lifeboats, and a helicopter was also involved. The salvation of people was that many were trapped in the cabins of the liner, and several people fell overboard when the ship ran aground.

There were 111 Russian citizens on the liner. Among the ship's surviving passengers were 450 French citizens.
It was initially reported that three people died as a result of the plane crash, but this figure increased every day. The progress of the search and rescue operation due to deteriorating weather conditions, ship movements and increasing danger for rescuers. In April 2012, 30 people were officially killed, two more - an Italian woman and an Indian citizen - were listed as missing. The remains of passenger Maria Grazia Trecarica were found inside the ship. The body of another missing person, steward Russell Rebello, an Indian citizen, was found in one of the cabins of the Costa Concordia only.

Since the crash of the Costa Concordia, it has been fueled by the coast of the island of Giulio, located next to the accident site. The area around this island is home to a number of species of rare fish and marine animals. In March 2012, divers from the sunken Italian liner.

According to media reports, there were operators on the sunken Costa Concordia liner who plundered the sunken part of the ship. The first thing stolen from the Costa Concordia was the ship's bell. Rynda, who weighed several tens of kilograms, was abducted by unknown persons on March 15, 2012 from a depth of about eight meters. In addition, marauding scuba divers stole jewelry and watches, which remained in the ship’s shop windows. Paintings, wall clocks and some furniture were also missing from the ship.

In the fall of 2013, the ship, which had been lying aground on its side for more than a year, was installed vertically. Several months later in the depths of its hull during underwater work.

In 2014, 19 special containers were attached to the liner, from which water was then pumped out to raise the ship above sea level and level it. After the ship rose 18 meters from under the water, the cables that were used to hold it near the shore were unhooked from it. At the end of July 2014, the liner was towed to Genoa. The ship was towed. All this time, the liner was accompanied by a whole sea convoy, including, among other things, a French Navy boat and two helicopters.

After arriving at the port of Genoa, work began on dismantling the ship. In May 2015, the Costa Concordia was towed to the old port area of ​​Genoa, and five tugboats directed what was left of the cruise ship towards the fourth dock for final dismantling.

On the Italian island of Giglio in October 2014, a monument was erected dedicated to the memory of the victims of the disaster of January 13, 2012 and the courage of local residents. The memorial "" was created by the architect Giampaolo Talani. The work was donated to the island by Neri from Livorno (Italy) and Smit from Rotterdam (Netherlands).

Immediately after the tragedy, the prosecutor's office of the Italian city of Grosseto, conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the crash of the Costa Concordia, charged the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, with charges of manslaughter, shipwreck and leaving the ship in danger. Representatives of the ship-owning company stated that Schettino would deviate from the intended course. The captain gave the command to come as close as possible to the island of Giglio in order to please the ship's chief steward, a native of those places.

After experts took readings from the liner’s black box, it became clear that the evacuation of passengers from the cruise ship Costa Concordia in distress had begun. The captain of the liner did not send a distress signal (the coast guard itself contacted the ship in distress), which delayed the start of the rescue operation; he was also responsible for maneuvering, managing the current emergency situation and evacuating the ship. After the crash, Schettino left the sinking liner.

On January 17, 2012, an Italian court decided to place the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, under house arrest, but on July 5, 2012, he was released from house arrest on the condition that he could not leave the city of Meta di Sorrento in the province of Naples, where his home is located.

For his part, Schettino decided to sue the shipowner Costa Crociere, which fired him in July 2012, demanding his reinstatement. The trial for his dismissal began in the Italian town of Torre Annunziana in the province of Naples. Schettino considered that he was fired unfairly, despite the fact that the reason for the dismissal was not only an internal disciplinary investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy, but also violations of his employment contract and the Maritime Code witnessed by passengers of the liner, for example, drinking alcohol an hour before the tragedy.

In the summer of 2013, the Italian Ministry of Transport captain Francesco Schettino.

The trial of the former captain of the Costa Concordia has begun. Initially, in addition to Schettino, there were five more people in the dock: chief mate Ciro Ambrosio, ship officer Silvia Coronica, helmsman Jacob Rusli Bean, director of the onboard hotel Manrico Giampedroni and coordinator of the crisis center of the ship-owner Costa Crociere Roberto Ferrarini. However, as part of the preliminary hearings, they entered into an agreement with the investigation to admit their guilt in exchange for a reduced sentence.

A court in Italy has convicted five employees of Costa Crociere, owner of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, of manslaughter. Ferrarini was sentenced to two years and ten months, Giampedroni received two and a half years, the other defendants, except Schettino, received from a year and eight months to a year and 11 months in prison.

The company operating the ship, Costa Crociere, was awarded a million euros for mistakes and violations of rules committed by company employees during the accident.

On February 11, 2015, the court of first instance of the Italian city of Grosseto sentenced Francesco Schettino to 16 years and one month in prison. The ex-captain was also banned for life from holding any public office, and he will not be able to work in his profession for five years. The verdict was confirmed on May 31, 2016 by the Florence Court of Appeal.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

February 16, 1986off the coast of New ZealandsankSoviet cruise ship"Mikhail Lermontov". The people on board - 408 passengers, a significant part of them of retirement age, 330 crew members and a New Zealand pilot - were rescued by the tanker Tarihiko and the ferry Arahura, which approached the place of the death of the liner. One person died in the disaster: refrigeration unit engineer Pavel Zaglyadimov, who worked in the compartment that was flooded immediately after the collision. We decided to remember seven cruise ships that were shipwrecked.

"MIKHAIL LERMONTOV"

The motor ship "Mikhail Lermontov" was built at the shipyard of the German port of Wismar in 1972 and was put into operation in 1973. Its purpose was to serve regular cruise lines. In the same year, on May 28, the motor ship "Mikhail Lermontov" set off on its first voyage on the route Bremerhaven - London - Le Havre - New York, becoming the first Soviet passenger ship to visit a foreign American port in the last 25 years.

On five passenger decks, connected by gangways and elevators, there were 239 cabins, which could accommodate 550 passengers with all amenities. The crew consisted of 350 people and were located on the lower decks. Passengers had access to a music salon with a stage, a restaurant, five bars, a beauty salon, a hairdresser, a casino, a library, a winter garden, shops, and tennis courts.

The liner set off on its last voyage from the Leningrad port on Friday, November 22, 1985. Having reached Wellington, New Zealand, after a short stay on February 16, 1986 in Shakespeare Bay off the coast of New Zealand, the ship at 17:38 local time at a speed of about 15 knots twice hit the bottom of the underwater rocks of a rocky shoal in the area of ​​​​Cape Jackson and received a large hole on the port side below the waterline. A distress signal was sent and received by Wellington radio. The ferry Arahura, traveling from Picton through the Cook Strait, and the tanker Tarihiko, which took on board 356 passengers and crew members, headed to the liner in distress. In addition to the tanker and ferry, small fishing vessels that rushed to help took part in the rescue of passengers and crew.

After the death of the ship, there were many different rumors about the hidden causes of the disaster. Officially, senior mate Sergei Stepanishchev was recognized as the culprit of the disaster, as the senior officer who was on the bridge at the time of the collision. At the same time, the court took into account the unlawful actions of New Zealand citizen pilot Donald Jamison, who indicated the wrong course. No attempts were made to raise the liner that sank in the depths. There is an opinion that the Soviet airliner interfered with Western competitors: the Ministry of Passenger Fleet of the USSR sold tickets at reduced prices by reducing costs. Our sea vessels used Soviet fuel, which was much cheaper than Western fuel. In England, tickets for the Soviet liner were sold at a price of $70 per day. A ten-day boat tour cost $700.

The remains of the ship are still located at a depth of 25-30 meters and are a popular diving site.

"ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV"

The Soviet passenger ship crashed on August 31, 1986, 15 kilometers from Novorossiysk, 4 kilometers from the coast. Until this day, “Admiral Nakhimov” had been making cruise voyages along the Crimean-Caucasian line for 29 years.

The steamship was built in 1925 in Germany and bore the name “Berlin.” Until 1939, the “Berlin” made regular trips across the Atlantic, between the ports of Bremerhaven and New York. During World War II, the ship sank, but was raised, repaired and sold to the USSR in 1957. Over time, “Admiral Nakhimov” gained popularity in the country. It has become fashionable for newlyweds to take honeymoon trips on the Admiral Nakhimov. Tickets for this ship were sold out six months before the start of the cruise.

On the day of the tragedy, there were 1,243 people on the ship with the crew, including the head of the KGB department for the Odessa region, Major General A. Krikunov and his family, who arrived at the ship’s departure from Novorossiysk. At 22:00, having accepted passengers on board, the ship set out to sea, moving towards Sochi. At this time, the cargo ship-dry cargo ship "Peter Vasev", of larger displacement, was entering Tsemes Bay, following at a speed of 11.5 knots with a course of 36 degrees. The ships approached each other on intersecting courses. Their total speed was over 23 knots, or 43 kilometers per hour. Dispatchers suggested that Viktor Tkachenko, captain of the dry cargo ship Pyotr Vasev, let the passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov through, to which he agreed. After which both ships negotiated with each other, clarifying the details of the maneuver. However, at 23:12, the “Peter Vasev” crashed with its bow at a right angle into the starboard side of the steamer, cutting a hole 8 by 10 meters in it. The liner sank to the bottom in just 8 minutes. The sailors managed to throw off most of the inflatable life rafts from the sinking ship, which became the only means of salvation for the drowning people. At the crash site, about a thousand people were simultaneously floundering on the surface of the water, and many objects and debris were floating. The wind and current began to carry the injured people directly onto the cargo ship, and after a while several dozen people were floating on both sides.

The collision of the ships was immediately reported to the captain of the port of Novorossiysk, who sent tugboats of the port fleet, raid and small passenger boats to the scene of the disaster. In total, according to the official version, 423 passengers and crew members died as a result of the disaster. However, not all of the dead were found and brought to the surface. 64 people remained under water forever.

"ANDREA DORIA"

The Italian transatlantic liner, first launched on June 16, 1951 and distinguished by its particular safety, sank on July 26, 1956, 11 hours after a collision with the Stockholm liner off the coast of New York. The Andrea Doria was not just a liner. He represented the revival of the Italian merchant marine after World War II. The vessel, with a gross tonnage of 29,100 gross tonnage and a length of 212 meters and a beam of 27.5 meters, was one of the largest and fastest ships in the world. The ship's premises were decorated with works of art. Each classroom has a cinema room and a swimming pool with a recreation area.

On July 25, 1956, the Andrea Doria, with 1,134 passengers and 500 crew on board, was approaching the lighthouse on Nantucket Island, moving at 21.8 knots in fog. Almost the entire route was covered. The speed was higher than the maximum permissible in such weather conditions. At the same time, the Swedish liner Stockholm with a capacity of 12 thousand tons was about to set sail from New York. He was supposed to pass one mile from the Nantucket lightship, and then change course north, to the shores of Scandinavia. However, in the thick fog a collision could not be avoided. On the bridges of both ships they saw each other's lights almost simultaneously: the Stockholm pierced 7 decks, and from the impact the Andrea Doria tilted strongly to the left, turned sharply, exposing its propellers and, continuing to move at full speed, dragged the Swedish ship behind it.

According to the emergency order, each of the 1,250 passengers and 575 crew members had to board the lifeboats, only 8 people and the captain had to remain on the liner to operate the eight winches that lowered all sixteen lifeboats. The accident occurred on a busy section of the route, so help arrived quickly. When the list of the Andrea Doria increased by 8 degrees, boats from the Stockholm, Ile de France, the military transport Private William Thomas, the fruit carrier Cape Ann and other responding vessels approached the ship. The rescue of the passengers of the Andrea Doria became the most successful rescue operation in the history of shipwrecks: it was possible to save all the passengers of the liner.

The Italian liner still lies at a depth of 72 meters, 40 miles from the American island of Nantucket. In addition to art objects, the ship contained safes with money and jewelry of passengers. However, all attempts to raise the ship were unsuccessful. Over the past ten years, more than 15 divers have died here.

"COSTA CONCORDIA"

In 2006, the Concordia liner was in 10th place in the TOP 10 largest cruise ships in the world. Its length was 290 meters, which is comparable to three football fields. The ship crashed on January 13, 2012 near the Italian island of Giglio off the coast of the Tuscany region, veering off course and approaching the shore. At full speed, the liner hit the bottom of the coastal rocks and tilted about 20 degrees. As a result of the impact, a long hole of 50 meters was formed on the hull. Almost instantly, the engine room was flooded and control over the engines and electronic systems was lost.

The last cruise included calls at the ports of several Italian cities, as well as Barcelona and Marseille. There were 3,216 passengers from 62 countries and 1,023 crew members on board the ship. During the crash of the liner, 32 people died, more than 4 thousand people were evacuated. The captain of the Concordia, Francesco Schettino, was arrested. According to the prosecution, he brought the cruise ship too close to the coast. If the captain is found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison. Francesco Schettino himself denies the accusations against him, claiming that the rock on which the liner ran into was not on nautical charts.

613 days after the disaster, work began to raise the ship. The rescue operation became the largest and most expensive in history: it cost $800 million and took many months to prepare. On September 17, 2013, the ship was brought into a vertical position using rollers and 36 steel cables and a special platform built at a depth of 30 meters.

The Titanic was the largest passenger liner in the world at the time of its construction. Its length reached 269 meters and width - 28.19 meters. During her maiden voyage on April 14, 1912, she collided with an iceberg and sank 2 hours 40 minutes after the collision. There were 1,309 passengers and 898 crew members on board, for a total of 2,207 people. Of these, 712 people were saved, 1,495 people died.

Britannic

The Britannic was the twin of the Titanic. This was the third and final Olympic class vessel ordered by White Star Line. The liners were to be named after ancient Greek characters: Olympians, Titans and Giants. But, according to legend, titans and giants died in the battle with the Olympians, and calling the new ship “Gigantic” would be the same impudence as in the case of the Titanic. Therefore, the ship was named Britannic. Due to the Titanic disaster, changes were made to the design.

During the First World War, Britannic was used as a hospital ship. On November 21, 1916, the liner was blown up by mines laid by the German submarine U73 under the command of Gustav Ziss in the Kea Channel - between the island of Kea and mainland Greece. An evacuation was carried out. After some time, the ship capsized on its starboard side and sank 55 minutes after the explosion.

In addition to the crew, there were 3.3 thousand wounded on board. The crash killed 30 people. Most of them perished in the two boats, which were pulled in by the still rotating propeller.

The Italian company was wrecked off the coast of Italy. Although the incident did not become the largest disaster at sea in terms of the number of victims, the very fact that a new ship, a multi-deck liner equipped with all the necessary equipment, sank in a matter of hours near the shore was a strong blow to the cruise industry. But the saddest thing was that what happened was not the result of a coincidence or the influence of unfavorable factors, but was caused solely by the human factor.

The Costa Concordia liner was built at the Italian shipyard Fincantieri in the city of Genoa. The keel of the vessel took place on January 19, 2004, and the vessel set out on its first voyage on July 14, 2006. The ship was built by order of Costa Crociere (Costa Cruises), part of the cruise corporation Carnival Corporation & plc.

The liner had 17 decks. The ship's passenger capacity was 3,780 people, with a crew of 1,100 people. The liner belonged to the Concordia class and ships of the same type were Costa Serena (2007), Carnival Splendor (2008), Costa Pacifica (2009), Costa Favolosa (2011), Costa Fascinosa (2012). The differences between ships of this class and others are in the design of the ship, the expanded wellness area and spa area.

On the evening of January 13, Costa Concordia left Civitavecchia (a port located near Rome) on a Mediterranean cruise bound for Savona. At the time of the crash, which occurred in the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Giglio, off the coast of the Italian region of Tuscany, there were 4,252 people on board the liner: 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew members.

The crew members, led by captain Francesco Schettino, did not immediately inform passengers about what had happened. Panic began on board. The evacuation of people from the liner continued throughout the night. It involved coast guard vessels and lifeboats, and a helicopter was also involved. The rescue of people was complicated by the fact that many were trapped in the cabins of the liner, and several people fell overboard when the ship ran aground. As a result of the tragedy, 32 people died. On January 14, the ship almost completely sank.

The investigation into the disaster did not take much time, but its results were no less shocking than the death of the cruise ship. “Two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity; and I am not sure of the infinity of the Universe”: this expression from Einstein best describes what happened.

Responsibility for the sinking of the ship was assigned to the ex-captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, who was one of the first to leave the sinking ship. During the judicial investigation, he admitted that the cause of the crash was the unauthorized deviation of the ship from its course. The reasons why he allowed the route change were given as .

“I approached Giglio in order to please a crew member, Antonello Tievoli, who is from the island. And also to welcome the former captain of Costa Concordia, Mario Palombo, also a native of this area,” said Schettino.

In 2013-2014, the vessel was raised, after which it was transported to Genoa on a floating dock for subsequent disposal.

In the fall of 2014, the authorities of the Italian region of Tuscany, off the coast of which the Costa Concordia liner crashed, said that the region had suffered serious damage and estimated it at . And to the remains of the ship’s hull, located in the port of Genoa, there were. At the same time, the cost of the rescue operation, as well as the lifting and towing of the vessel, cost more than €1.2 billion.

By the fall of 2016, the Costa Concordia was completely scrapped.

And two years ago, in February 2015, the fate of Francesco Schettino was put to rest. And although the prosecutor’s office, which proposed to sentence the ex-captain of Costa Concordia to 2,697 years, softened the requirements to a quarter of a century in prison, in the end the ex-captain of Costa Concordia received only

On the night of January 13-14, 2012, the giant cruise ship Costa Concordia crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near the Italian island of Giglio in Tuscany. There were 4,200 people on board. For some, what happened was reminiscent of the famous Titanic, which sank almost exactly 100 years earlier, on the night of April 14-15, 1912.

The captain of the cruise ship stated that the liner encountered rocks that were not marked on the navigation map, as a result of which it was holed. Unfortunately, not everyone managed to escape that night; several people died.

It is surprising that the “modern Titanic” also did not have enough lifeboats for all the passengers. In addition, the crew was unable to launch them correctly so that they did not fall upside down or at an angle, causing them to quickly take on water. Some people, who were unable to wait for rescue, decided to take matters into their own hands and swim to the shore.

This is how one of the 10 largest cruise ships in the world crashed, which gradually sank deeper and deeper into the water until it sank to the very bottom. Only he did not lie there for long, since it was decided to pull the 300-meter giant ashore.

Photographer from Germany Jonathan Danko Kielkowski was able to get inside the ship that returned from the depths of the sea and take these stunning, rare photographs for us.

When the liner emerged from the water, it looked like this.

All the numerous rooms of the Costa Concordia were in complete destruction, as if the ship had been at the bottom for decades.

Costa Concordia is the largest shipwreck in history.

The construction of the ship, which received serial number 6122, was carried out by the Italian shipyard Fincantieri for three years, and on September 2, 2005 it was launched for the first time. As expected by tradition, the “newborn” ship was going to be “christened” by breaking a bottle of champagne on the side. However, the bottle did not break, and this is a very bad omen for the ship.

Experts investigating the crash were perplexed as to why the ship decided to deviate from its usual route and came so dangerously close to the shore.

Explaining this fact, the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, admitted that on the day of the tragedy he went to the shore to greet the former captain, who lived on Giglio.

The territory of the cruise ship was huge. On 15 decks there were 4 swimming pools, 1450 cabins, 5 restaurants, a casino, a 2000 square meter fitness center and other entertainment.

The total damage is estimated at 1.5 billion euros.

To raise the Costa Concordia, the shipowner company also had to pay a considerable amount, which, according to media reports, should have been at least 600 million euros.

One of the cabins of a ship raised from the seabed.

Destroyed concert hall.

Not a trace remained of the former luxury.

On the night of January 14, 2012 in the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Giglio, off the coast of the Italian region of Tuscany. There were more than 4.2 thousand passengers and crew members on board the ship. The crash killed 32 people and injured more than 100.

A giant liner 290 meters long with 17 decks, which housed 1.5 thousand cabins, a two-level fitness area with an area of ​​more than two thousand square meters, a concert hall, a 4D cinema, an art gallery and a small library, as well as a casino, boutiques, restaurants and bars. , left on January 13, 2012 from the port of Civitavecchia near Rome on a cruise along the Mediterranean Sea and headed to Savona. A few hours after departure, while passengers were having dinner in restaurants, the Costa Concordia ran into a rocky ledge, resulting in a hole on the left side, the length of which was about 70 meters.

Gradually the ship began to sink into the water. Then the airliner is a kilometer north of the scene.

Crew members led by captain Francesco Schettino tell passengers what happened. Panic began on board.
The evacuation of people from the liner continued throughout the night. It involved coast guard vessels and lifeboats, and a helicopter was also involved. The salvation of people was that many were trapped in the cabins of the liner, and several people fell overboard when the ship ran aground.

There were 111 Russian citizens on the liner. Among the ship's surviving passengers were 450 French citizens.
It was initially reported that three people died as a result of the plane crash, but this figure increased every day. The progress of the search and rescue operation due to deteriorating weather conditions, ship movements and increasing danger for rescuers. In April 2012, 30 people were officially killed, two more - an Italian woman and an Indian citizen - were listed as missing. The remains of passenger Maria Grazia Trecarica were found inside the ship. The body of another missing person, steward Russell Rebello, an Indian citizen, was found in one of the cabins of the Costa Concordia only.

Since the crash of the Costa Concordia, it has been fueled by the coast of the island of Giulio, located next to the accident site. The area around this island is home to a number of species of rare fish and marine animals. In March 2012, divers from the sunken Italian liner.

According to media reports, there were operators on the sunken Costa Concordia liner who plundered the sunken part of the ship. The first thing stolen from the Costa Concordia was the ship's bell. Rynda, who weighed several tens of kilograms, was abducted by unknown persons on March 15, 2012 from a depth of about eight meters. In addition, marauding scuba divers stole jewelry and watches, which remained in the ship’s shop windows. Paintings, wall clocks and some furniture were also missing from the ship.

In the fall of 2013, the ship, which had been lying aground on its side for more than a year, was installed vertically. Several months later in the depths of its hull during underwater work.

In 2014, 19 special containers were attached to the liner, from which water was then pumped out to raise the ship above sea level and level it. After the ship rose 18 meters from under the water, the cables that were used to hold it near the shore were unhooked from it. At the end of July 2014, the liner was towed to Genoa. The ship was towed. All this time, the liner was accompanied by a whole sea convoy, including, among other things, a French Navy boat and two helicopters.

After arriving at the port of Genoa, work began on dismantling the ship. In May 2015, the Costa Concordia was towed to the old port area of ​​Genoa, and five tugboats directed what was left of the cruise ship towards the fourth dock for final dismantling.

On the Italian island of Giglio in October 2014, a monument was erected dedicated to the memory of the victims of the disaster of January 13, 2012 and the courage of local residents. The memorial "" was created by the architect Giampaolo Talani. The work was donated to the island by Neri from Livorno (Italy) and Smit from Rotterdam (Netherlands).

Immediately after the tragedy, the prosecutor's office of the Italian city of Grosseto, conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the crash of the Costa Concordia, charged the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, with charges of manslaughter, shipwreck and leaving the ship in danger. Representatives of the ship-owning company stated that Schettino would deviate from the intended course. The captain gave the command to come as close as possible to the island of Giglio in order to please the ship's chief steward, a native of those places.

After experts took readings from the liner’s black box, it became clear that the evacuation of passengers from the cruise ship Costa Concordia in distress had begun. The captain of the liner did not send a distress signal (the coast guard itself contacted the ship in distress), which delayed the start of the rescue operation; he was also responsible for maneuvering, managing the current emergency situation and evacuating the ship. After the crash, Schettino left the sinking liner.

On January 17, 2012, an Italian court decided to place the captain of the liner, Francesco Schettino, under house arrest, but on July 5, 2012, he was released from house arrest on the condition that he could not leave the city of Meta di Sorrento in the province of Naples, where his home is located.

For his part, Schettino decided to sue the shipowner Costa Crociere, which fired him in July 2012, demanding his reinstatement. The trial for his dismissal began in the Italian town of Torre Annunziana in the province of Naples. Schettino considered that he was fired unfairly, despite the fact that the reason for the dismissal was not only an internal disciplinary investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy, but also violations of his employment contract and the Maritime Code witnessed by passengers of the liner, for example, drinking alcohol an hour before the tragedy.

In the summer of 2013, the Italian Ministry of Transport captain Francesco Schettino.

The trial of the former captain of the Costa Concordia has begun. Initially, in addition to Schettino, there were five more people in the dock: chief mate Ciro Ambrosio, ship officer Silvia Coronica, helmsman Jacob Rusli Bean, director of the onboard hotel Manrico Giampedroni and coordinator of the crisis center of the ship-owner Costa Crociere Roberto Ferrarini. However, as part of the preliminary hearings, they entered into an agreement with the investigation to admit their guilt in exchange for a reduced sentence.

A court in Italy has convicted five employees of Costa Crociere, owner of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, of manslaughter. Ferrarini was sentenced to two years and ten months, Giampedroni received two and a half years, the other defendants, except Schettino, received from a year and eight months to a year and 11 months in prison.

The company operating the ship, Costa Crociere, was awarded a million euros for mistakes and violations of rules committed by company employees during the accident.

On February 11, 2015, the court of first instance of the Italian city of Grosseto sentenced Francesco Schettino to 16 years and one month in prison. The ex-captain was also banned for life from holding any public office, and he will not be able to work in his profession for five years. The verdict was confirmed on May 31, 2016 by the Florence Court of Appeal.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources