captain of the ship sinking cause costa concordia
The cause of the Costa Concordia cruise ship sinking slowly unfold. The ship's captain seemed to deliberately bring his ship into the unknown shallows to greet his friend who was in the island of Giglio by giving a signal.
The public prosecutor Captain Francesco Schettino judge deliberately approached the island in a careless, just before the ship hit a cluster of luxury reef in the waters of Giglio Island, Italy.
"Schettino reportedly did have friends who have retired from his job and lived on the island of Giglio. Himself siren sounding the ship was intended as a form of homage. But he was too close to the reef," explained prosecutor AGI quoted as saying on Monday (1/16/2012 ).
It has become a tradition of Costa Crociere SpA company to pay tribute to colleagues who retired.
They are generally close to the island, where their colleagues down from his ship and end the task. Schettino but seemed oblivious to the distance they are too close to the shallow sea.
Because of him, the owner of the ship considers the captain considered guilty. However, ship owners recognize this accident can not be separated from a human error.
Until now the bodies of six passengers fateful ship was found by a team of divers. A newly discovered more bodies were on the deck of the two luxury ships. Until now rescuers are still searching for approximately 15 passengers who were declared missing.