GROSSETO, ITALY—The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia, now on trial over the deadly disaster, blamed his helmsman Monday for botching a last-minute corrective manoeuvre that he contends ...

On Friday, the Costa Concordia’s chaplain told reporters Capt. Schettino wept in his arms on the dock after the sinking. “I sort of feel sorry for the captain.

GROSSETO, Italy - The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship was convicted and sentenced Wednesday to 16 years and one month in prison for manslaughter, causing the 2012 shipwreck that ...

Ben O'Hara Byrne explains. The disgraced captain of the Costa Concordia said his orders were not followed the night the luxury cruise ship crashed into a reef and capsized, leaving 32 passengers dead.

Costa Concordia’s deadly detour a ‘stupid mistake,’ captain tells court Francesco Schettino said the Costa Concordia was shipwrecked as a result of a “stupid mistake.” Dec. 2, 2014 2 min ...

Hundreds of people were still aboard the Costa Concordia when the commander fled in a lifeboat, an Italian Coast Guard official testified Monday, adding that rescuers received first word of the ...

The captain of the doomed cruise liner the Costa Concordia has returned to the scene of the disaster in Italy for which prosecutors say he is to blame. Francesco Schettino boarded the twisted wreck as ...

On the night of 13th January, at around nine o’clock, the Costa Concordia approached Giglio, sounding its horn in a salute to the Tuscan island’s 800 inhabitants. Captain Francesco Schettino at the ...

Prosecutors have accused Captain Francesco Schettino of causing the disaster by bringing the Costa Concordia, carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew, too close to the shore.