Former Costa Concordia captain
Francesco Schettino did not observe "the level of diligence,
prudence and skill objectively due and to be expected" in the
January 13, 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people, the Cassation
Court said Wednesday in its explanation of his 16-year sentence
for multiple manslaughter. Schettino was "aware, once he had
left the ship, that there were still people aboard", it said.
The court said he had abandoned the command of the ship "without
even taking with him a radio to communicate to the crew with",
thus proving "his renunciation of performing his duties to
coordinate operations".
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