Topic: Captain told to 'get back on board' by coast guard

New evidence has revealed the Captain of Costa Concordia, was told to go back to the ship by a coastguard.

Captain Francesco Schettino is under house arrest with charges of manslaughter, abandoning his ship and causing shipwreck.


Here is a full transcript of what was said between Commander Di Falco (DF) and Captain Francesco Schettino (FS):

DF: Hello. I am… Commander.

FS: Good evening, Commander.

DF: I am Di Falco from Livorno. Am I speaking with the Commander?

FS: Yes. Good evening Commander Di Falco.

DF: Please tell me your name.

FS: I am Commander Schettino, Commander.

DF: Schettino?

FS: Yes.

DF: Listen Schettino. There are people who are trapped on board. Now you go with your lifeboat under the bow. There is a Jacob's ladder. You go up that ladder and get on board the ship. You go on board and you then tell me how many people there are. Is this clear? I am recording this conversation, Commander Schettino.

FS: Right, Commander. I have to tell you something.

DF: Speak loudly.

FS: The ship now…

DF: Commander, please speak loudly. Put your hand round the microphone and speak loudly. [Background talking possibly between FS and people with him but unclear]

FS: Commander, right now, the ship is inclined.

DF: I have understood that. Now, listen to me, there are people who are coming down that ladder. Now you go up that ladder instead, you go on board and you tell me how many people there are and what they have on board. You tell me if there are children, women or people who need help. And you tell me the number of people in each of these groups. Is that clear? Listen Schettino, you have saved yourself but I will make sure that you will be in serious trouble. Go on board, for ***** sake.

FS: Commander, please…

DF: No please. Now you go on board. Please reassure me that you are going on board.

FS: I am going with the rescue boat. I am under here.

DF: What are you doing, Commander?

FS: I am here to coordinate the rescue operations.

DF: What are you coordinating? Go on board and coordinate rescue operations from there. Are you refusing to do so?

FS: No, no, no, I am not refusing to go on board.

DF: Are you refusing to go on board, Commander?

FS: [inaudible]

DF: And tell me the reason why you are not going on board.

FS: I am going there because there is the other lifeboat [inaudible].

DF: You go on board. It is an order. You don't need to carry out any assessment. You declared "ship abandoned". Now I am in charge. You go on board. Is that clear?

FS: Commander

DF: Can you not hear me?

FS: I am going on board

DF: You go

FS: [inaudible]

DF: You call me immediately when you are on board. My rescuer is there.

FS: Where is your rescuer?

DF: My rescuer is at the bow. Go on. There are already some bodies, Schettino. Go on.

FS: How many bodies are there?

DF: I don't know. I am aware of one. You will tell me their number, for Christ's sake.

FS: But do you realise that it is dark and that we cannot see anything?

DF: And what do you want to do? Go back home, Schettino? Go to the bow of the ship by going up the ladder and tell me what can be done, how many people there are and what they need. Now.

FS: Commander unclear

DF: What?

FS: I have the second in command here.

DF: You both go up, then. Both of you. What is the name of the second in command?

FS: [inaudible]

DF: What is the name of the second in command?

FS: His name is Dimitri…

DF: Dimitri what?

FS: Dimitri [inaudible]

DF: You and your second in command go on board. Now. Is that clear?

FS: Commander. I want to go on board. But the other lifeboat, the other rescuers are here and it has stopped, it has stopped.. Now, I have called other rescuers…

DF: You have been telling me this for the last hour. You now go on board. Go on board. And you tell me immediately how many people there are.

FS: That's ok, Commander.

DF: You go, immediately.

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Apparently he fell into the lifeboat !!!!

Not only did he unluckily fall into the lifeboat but so did the 2nd and 3rd officers in command, into the same lifeboat.

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Not only did he unluckily fall into the lifeboat but so did the 2nd and 3rd officers in command, into the same lifeboat.

How Italian.........
PM

LOL so so True

It was the same during the second world war,their tanks were fitted with one forward gear and five reverse.!!!

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It was the same during the second world war,their tanks were fitted with one forward gear and five reverse.!!!

Now you're just being ridiculous.





















They never had any forward gears at all.

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It was the same during the second world war,their tanks were fitted with one forward gear and five reverse.!!!

my father in law fought in italy during 2nd world war,he said the same as you ,sorry can't repeat some of other things he used to tell me.

The war was more than seventy years ago so, quite honestly, I don't think how the Italians behaved then has much to do with how the Captain behaved last week.
Even if he is found completely guilty on all counts , he is one person out of millions of Italians. And these Italians were just as shocked as other nationalities were when the news unfolded.
Many Italians risked their lives trying to save the passengers - why no mention of them ?
That crew member (Italian) who was rescued on Saturday had risked his life to save passengers, he didn't jump ship, he didn't hide in some safe place. He broke his leg when he went down yet again to look for stranded passengers...............no one seems to mention him. And there were many others like him.

Indeed Hat, and its emerging that the person who DID coordinate the rescue is the Captain of Costa Serena, Roberto Bosio, who just happened to be onboard, off duty, travelling back to Savona. Naturally, he is also Italian along with all the emergency services who coordinated the rescue and the poor divers going in to the ship now. I can't think of much braver that that job to be honest so enough with all the anti-Italian stuff.