Miami news station WSVN – 7 aired an interesting interview with Francesco Schettino last night and asked: Is he a coward who caused 32 people to die the night his ship the Costa Concordia capsized? Or is he is a professional who did all that he could to avert disaster due to mistakes by his crew?
An Italian judge is in the process of considering evidence whether criminal charges should be filed against him and other Costa employees.
Schettino blames his bridge team for navigating off-course towards the island and then failing to properly conduct the course change he ordered. He calls the incident an accident and questions why the prosecutors are trying to turn the incident into a crime.
The helmsman, from Indonesia, left the jurisdiction and will not return to Italy for trial if one is ordered.
Channel 7’s investigation does not address the events which followed the cruise ship striking the rocks.