Everyone says "error" of the captain

Costa Cruises, the Costa Concordia boat shipping company, mentions a "significant human error" of the master of the vessel as a possible cause of the wreck.

Said in a statement, the shipping points out that, while the investigation is underway, preliminary indications suggest that there could have been "a significant mistake by the pattern of the ship, captain Francesco Schettino, which ended with these grave consequences".

"The direction of the ship seems to have been too close to the shore, and the approach to handle the emergency seems to have not followed the procedures of quality of Costa", adds Costa Cruises. We have knowledge", continues the note," in that the Prosecutor has raised serious accusations against the captain of the ship, which came at the expense Crocieri in 2002 as a security officer and was appointed captain in 2006 ", although it prefers not to further comment given that the investigation is opened.

In fact, the u000amaritime authorities, passengers and growing evidence also pointed out yesterday to the captain of a cruise ship, amid allegations that left the ship before they all were evacuated safely and it boasted when he steered the ship too close to the coast.

Rescue divers yesterday recovered the bodies of two elderly people in the submerged section of the cruise of luxury Costa Concordia, which was raised to five the number of fatalities by the accident. Coast Guard divers, who roamed the bowels of the ship under cloudy and cold water, discovered the bodies still wearing post vest lifeguard at the point in the meeting point for emergency, near the restaurant.

With the recovery of the pair of corpses was reduced to 15 the number of missing persons, an Italian who worked in the service cabin was rescued on Sunday with life of twisted irons.

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u000aCHANCERY of RD aid to 2 Dominican
the Minister for Foreign Affairs Dominican, Carlos Morales Troncoso, reported that they are in good condition and receive assistance from the Dominican Embassy in Italy two Dominican passengers aboard the Italian Cruiser wrecked yesterday, while waiting for the names of two other persons who completed a list of four Creoles to on-board.

The Chancellor told Raysa Otáñez and her daughter Rayrub Torres Otánez, who embarked at Barcelona, Spain, are hosted at the Hilton hotel in the town of Fiumicino, 47 kilometres from Rome and are in a general normal state, although they accuse light muscle bruises and neck pain.

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