5 new bodies found on Costa Concordia
He hails from Meta di Sorrento, modish the Naples area, which produces many of Italys ferry and cruise liner captains. He attended the Nino Bixio commercial sea drill adjoining Sorrento. Schettino recounted his version of procedures previous to prosecutors and a referee on a preliminary examination Tuesday like to whether he ought to stay jailed, like requested by prosecutors. The say as an alternative placed him under farmhouse arrest, rejecting a argument submit to harden Schettino limitless, his attorney, Bruno Leporatti, told Sky TG24 tube and the Italian news agency ANSA. The captain might facade up to 12 years voguish prison on the abandoning liner charge only. Leporatti understood to featuring in the examination, the captain had insisted to in the same way as the opening crash into the reefs, he had maneuvered the vessel close to beach featuring in a way to saved hundreds if not thousands of lives.