Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Jacopo Raule via Getty Images When the Costa Concordia disaster took place, the ship’s captain was an Italian ...

GROSSETO, Italy – The Italian captain whose cruise ship wrecked off the Tuscan coast is getting some support during his trial from an unexpected corner: representatives of the tragedy's many victims.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The captain goes down with their ship. That's a maritime tradition that means that when something goes wrong at sea, the captain ...

The first victim from the Costa Concordia disaster was identified Wednesday — a 38-year-old violinist from Hungary who had been working as an entertainer on the stricken cruise ship. Sandor Feher's ...

Schettino has insisted that he stayed aboard until the ship was evacuated. However, a recording of his conversation with Italian Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco that emerged Tuesday indicates he ...

(CBS/AP)The cruise ship captain under fire for abandoning his vessel while thousands of passengers scrambled for rescue has reportedly come up with an explanation for his flight - he accidentally ...

Here is a translation of the transcript of the conversation between Capt. Francesco Schettino, commander of the grounded Costa Concordia, and Capt. Gregorio De Falco of the Italian coast guard in ...

Francesco Schettino, who was in charge of the cruise liner when it capsized in 2012, killing 32 people, was sentenced to just over 16 years in prison. By Gaia Pianigiani Prosecutors on Monday asked a ...

GROSSETO, Italy — Francesco Schettino, accused by survivors, politicians and the media of dereliction of duty after the 2012 shipwreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner under his command killed 32, ...