🔥 Trending Francesco Schettino: Who is the former captain of the Costa Concordia?

Francesco Schettino is an Italian former shipmaster who gained notoriety as the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it ran aground and capsized off the coast of Giglio, Italy, on January 13, 2012 ¹. The disaster resulted in the deaths of thirty-two passengers and crew members ¹.

Schettino's actions during the incident led to his conviction. He was found guilty of multiple charges, including manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning his ship and passengers ⁶. Reports indicate he ordered the ship to deviate from its planned course to pass closer to the island of Giglio, partly to pay tribute to a retired ship's captain and to impress the ship's head waiter whose family hailed from the island ⁸. This deviation led the ship to strike an underwater rock ¹.

Following his conviction, Francesco Schettino was sentenced to prison. As of recent reports, he remains incarcerated in a prison in Rome ³⁶. The trial for the Costa Concordia disaster commenced in July 2013 in Grosseto, Italy ³. Schettino was not the only individual charged; five other crew members also faced charges in connection with the tragedy ³.

Schettino's role in the Costa Concordia disaster has recently resurfaced in public consciousness due to the release of documentaries, such as Netflix's "Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea," which revisit the events of 2012 and Schettino's conviction ⁴⁵⁷.