THE ECONOMIC TIMES: The captain of a tragedy-struck Italian cruise ship had crashed a luxury liner before while sailing too fast in a German port, according to leaks from an investigation into the disaster published on Friday.
Captain Francesco Schettino “manoeuvred at a speed of 7.7 to 7.9 knots during entry into the port of Warnemunde, causing damage to the Aida Blu cruise ship,” his employer notified him in a letter published by La Stampa daily, referring to an incident in June 2010…
Schettino has been accused of manslaughter and of abandoning ship before all the passengers were evacuated after the Costa Concordia crashed into the Italian island of Giglio on January 13 with the loss of 32 lives… (more)
