CinnamonGirl wrote: He really is an idiot and took a cruise ship joy riding. How does someone get away with that without anyone knowing?
His approved "Tourist Navigation" on the last cruise actually took the ship closer to land in this same spot than this disasterous detour did. So, the cruise line approved the detour last time, and the captain figured it would be OK again.
It wasn't.
The ship's operator, Crociere Costa SpA, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a "tourist navigation" that brought the ship closer to Giglio. Costa has said such a navigational "fly by" was done last Aug. 9-10, after being approved by the company and Giglio port authorities.
However, Lloyd's List Intelligence, a leading maritime publication, said Wednesday its tracking of the ship's August route showed it actually took the Concordia slightly closer to Giglio than the course that caused Friday's disaster.
"This is not a black-and-white case," Richard Meade, editor of Lloyd's List, said in a statement.
"Our data suggests that both routes took the vessel within 200 yards of the impact point and that the authorized route was actually closer to shore."
Looks like his "spending time" with his much younger female companion is coming out. I'm sure we'll be hearing about their long affair very soon. Idiot.
" I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure. " Mae West
