Captain of the Costa Concordia blamed his Indonesian helmsman

23 September 2013 Last updated at 14:32 GMT



The captain of the Costa Concordia has blamed his Indonesian helmsman for the accident which caused the ship to sink off the coast of Italy last year.

Francesco Schettino told a court the helmsman failed to obey orders to slow down and steered the ship onto rocks.

Thirty-two people died when the cruise ship capsized in January 2012.

Mr Schettino is charged with manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship, but says he is being made a scapegoat for others' errors.

Last week the 290m-long vessel was raised upright in a major salvage operation off the coast of Giglio island.

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"blamed his Indonesian helmsman for the accident"

What a load of crud, if this Schettino character was on the bridge at the time of the accident he and only he was in charge being the captain, ought to be charged with deriliction of duty as well! Hang him!

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