Italian Cruise Ship Deaths
33 people died as a result from the accident including 32 passengers and crew and one salvage member.
Italian cruise ship deaths. GIGLIO ITALYThe captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized unapproved. Italy investigates fatal cruise ship sinking Two found alive three dead and dozens missing in ship accident as thousands are saved and captain is detained. This Italian cruise ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Tuscany Italy in January 2012 and toppled onto its side.
Of the 4200 aboard 32 died and 64 were injured. A disastrous Italian cruise crash Friday night killed at least five passengers and injured at least 20 more. Captain made serious errors in judgment in Italian cruise ship disaster.
On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. Wed 17 Jul 2013 1338 EDT. It was only after the accident the liner changed its courseOn Friday the Costa Concordia cruise ship carrying some 4200 people hit a reef off the Italian coast.
Italian Cruise Ship Sinks Missing and Dead Search teams are racing against time to find and rescue missing cruise passengers and crew from waters of the Mediterranean near Italy. Italys highest court has upheld the 16-year jail sentence given to the captain of the Costa Concordia which capsized in 2012 killing 32 people. The Italian ship which crashed January 13 2012 off the coast of Italy after hitting a rock was a tragedy that captured international headlines following dozens of deaths of passengers.
The death toll increased by 443 to a total of 68079 although most of the newly-registered deaths occurred in the previous days the data showed. The liner capsized and sank on July 26. Thirty-two people died after the Costa Concordia cruis ship ran aground with more than 4000 passengers and crew on 13 January 2012 only hours after leaving the Italian port of Civitavecchia.
Schettino is charged with multiple manslaughter over the 32 people who lost their lives and is accused of abandoning the ship while terrified passengers were still inside in the January 13 2012 disaster. Several of the ships crew notably Capt. CNNs Tom Foreman explains how the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia went down.
