Where is the Costa Concordia captain now?

In 2015, he was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for his role in the incident. He began serving his sentence in 2017 after exhausting his appeals.



Francesco Schettino, the former captain of the Costa Concordia, is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence at the Rebibbia prison in Rome, Italy. He began his sentence in May 2017 after Italy's highest court upheld his conviction for multiple counts of manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster, and abandoning ship. The disaster occurred in January 2012 when the vessel struck a reef off Giglio Island, resulting in 32 deaths. In 2022, after serving five years of his sentence, Schettino became eligible for "alternative measures" or work-release programs due to his "exemplary behavior," though he remains under the supervision of the Italian correctional system. His legal team has made several appeals to the European Court of Human Rights, but his convictions remain intact. While he is no longer in total isolation, he is barred from ever commanding a vessel again. His story remains a cautionary staple in maritime law and ethics, symbolizing the ultimate failure of a captain's "duty of care" during a crisis.

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On February 11, 2015, Captain Schettino was convicted and sentenced to sixteen years in prison for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning said ship before all passengers and crew had been safely evacuated, and giving false information about the situation.

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ROME (Reuters) - Four Costa Concordia crew members and a company official were sentenced to jail in Italy on Saturday for their part in the 2012 cruise ship disaster that killed 32 people, leaving only the captain still on trial.

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The Costa Concordia helmsman who failed to turn up to court in early March was discovered by Interpol officers in Indonesia last week. Jacob Rusil Bin, who was steering the doomed cruise liner when it hit rocks off Giglio, was found in the countryside outside Jakarta.

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Before starting his prison sentence, Schettino lived in Meta in the Province of Naples. He is married to Fabiola Russo and has one daughter.

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The captain of the Costa Concordia Francesco Schettino is still in prison for his part in the sinking. He was sentenced to 16 years in 2016. He was 54 at the time and not expected to leave prison until he is at least 70 years old.

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Those company records shown at the trial detail, in particular, how, out of 3,206 passengers on board the Costa Concordia on 13th January, 2012, 2,623 compensation payments have been made, totalling €66,481,082. This includes compensation paid to families of 24 out of 27 fatal victims, which amounts to €24,508,373.

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Size of ships: The Titanic was 882 feet and 8 inches long (268 meters) and had a tonnage of 46,000. The Costa Concordia was larger, with a tonnage of 114,500 and a length of 951 feet and 5 inches (290 m). The width of the Titanic was 92.5 feet (28 m), compared with 118 feet (36 m) for the Costa Concordia.

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There is no question of repair: instead the Costa Concordia will be towed to a facility where she can be broken up and smelted down to be recycled and re-used.

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The Italian court trying the captain of the Costa Concordia has heard grim details about how the 32 victims of the shipwreck drowned, some after diving or falling into the sea from the capsized cruise liner when lifeboats were no longer accessible.

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The amount of experience, the level of education, the grades they received, location, and company all can determine the year's salary. In general, a cruise ship captain salary ranges between $54,000 and more than $100,000. This may seem like a low pay scale considering the responsibilities that come with the job.

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Francesco Schettino, the former cruise ship captain sentenced to 16 years for steering the Costa Concordia into rocks, was finally jailed Friday after his lengthy appeals process ran out.

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The two U.S. victims — the only Americans who died in the accident — were identified as Barbara and Gerald Heil of White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Also identified were Christina Mathi Ganz and Norbert Josef Ganz of Muehlheim am Main of Germany, and Giuseppe Girolamo, the crew member.

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The helmsman, Jacob Rusli Bin, is one of five Costa Crociere SpA employees who were granted plea bargains in return for mild sentences in a separate proceeding. He was convicted of manslaughter and causing the shipwreck, and was given a sentence of one year and 8 months.

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A ship's captain generally does NOT have the legal right to officiate a wedding at sea. In order for a Captain of a ship to perform a marriage at sea, he must also be a judge, a justice of the peace, a minister, or an officially recognized officiant such as a Notary Public.

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On 13 January 2012, the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Tuscany after hitting a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise liner, was jailed for 16 years for multiple manslaughter after the disaster that left 32 people dead.

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Social and legal responsibility. The tradition says that the captain should be the last person to leave their ship alive before its sinking, and if they're unable to evacuate the crew and passengers from the ship, the captain will choose not to save himself even if he has an opportunity to do so.

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This is for the 5-year-old Dayana Arlotti from Italy, the youngest victim of the Costa Concordia disaster. She was found one month after the tragedy, together with her William Arlotti.

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