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"We were navigating approximately 300 meters (yards) from the rocks," he told Mediaset television. Schettino has said the ship hit rocks that weren't marked on his nautical charts, and that he did all that he could to save lives. "Normally the commander should leave at the end," said Du Pays, a police officer who said he helped an injured passenger to a rescue boat. "The commander left before and was on the dock before everyone was off," said Gondelle, 28, a French military officer. They insisted on telling a reporter what they saw, so incensed that according to them the captain had abandoned the ship before everyone had been evacuated. Prosecutor Francesco Verusio has confirmed reports that prosecutors are investigating allegations that liner's captain, Francesco Schettino, abandoned the stricken liner before all the passengers had escaped.Īsked Sunday by Sky TG24 about the accusations, Grosseto prosecutor Francesco Verusio replied, "unfortunately, I must confirm that circumstance."Ī French couple who boarded the Concordia in Marseille, Ophelie Gondelle and David Du Pays of Marseille, told The Associated Press they saw the captain in a lifeboat, covered by a blanket, well before all the passengers were off the ship. Officials were going to huddle soon to see how long the underwater search could safely continue, he said.ĭivers say they are using a kind of long cord they hook near the point of entrance and unroll as they work, so they can find their way out when finished.
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"There are tents, mattresses, other objects moving which can get tangled in the divers' equipment," Nicastro said. Night of chaos after cruise ship ran agroundīut, the divers' safety was increasingly threatened by floating objects in the belly of the nearly 1,000-foot-long liner, as well as muck drastically reducing visibility, Nicastro said. Wrecked liner's captain detained by policeĬapsized ship survivors tell harrowing stories The divers' search through the ship, which is lying on its side with a huge gash in one side, was already dangerous because of the risk the vessel could suddenly move and sink into waters over a nearby lower sea bed. Their nationalities were not immediately released. "The divers had to remove the life vests to get the bodies out," he said, because they could have floated away. The victims discovered Sunday were two elderly men who were wearing life vests, said Coast Guard Cmdr. In the first hours after the accident late Friday night, three bodies were found in the waters near the ship. The search could be further threatened by more bad weather expected over the weekend.3rd survivor freed from wrecked cruise ship Luxury cruise ship runs aground 82 photos
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In particular rescue workers are looking for a missing five-year-old girl and her father. We’ll continue the search until we’re absolutely sure there’s no-one left inside,” said coast guard spokesman Filippo Marini.
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We still hope that there’s someone still alive maybe somebody already returned home but didn’t make himself known. “We found the bodies of 11 people and will continue the search for the 21 still missing. Coast guards say there is only minimal hope of finding anyone alive: even if there are any air pockets below the surface, the water temperature is extremely low. The delay has further complicated the work of divers who have already been hampered by poor visibility, floating objects and underwater debris. Work was suspended on Friday after the vessel shifted slightly on its rocky ledge. The search of the wreck of the Costa Concordia began again at dawn on Saturday, a week after the cruise liner came to grief on the rocks off Italy’s Tuscan coast.
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Cruise liner search ‘will continue till no-one’s left’