Thursday, January 19, 2012

Video: Cruise captain accused of abandoning ship



>> eats? we begin this morning with our lead story which is about this italian cruise ship disaster. michelle kosinski is on giglio island with detailshis morning. hey, michelle. goodorning.

>> reporter: good morning, ann. a lotf actit outhere. dozens of italian navy divers blasted another small hole into the hull t get better access to cabins. while this isoing on the ship's captain was arraigned o criminal charges -- manslaughter, causing the wreck, abandoni ship. the ship's company said he went off course too close to this island, they believe to show the ship off to villagers, many of whom ended up helping save his passengers. after days in jail, the concordia's captain gets one in court. accused of causing this disaster, going off course, attempting to deliver thesland a great view. this rent video of the concordia shows it had been done before but francesco schettino ended up hitting rock. it may have been a stunt for the headaiter to see his hometown. there is a transcript between the captain and the port authority . order.rt, captain, this is an t bacn that ship. there are casualties. he said, you get back on the ship and tell ushat can be now a view up close. parts of a shipou never see. rescue straining to pull themsees over and inside. you get a sense how terrifying it was for passengers tryg get off. imagine jumping. infrared video shows them inching across the hull down to the wate

>> whe you're considering whether you're going t survive or not you're worried that other people are worried about you. that's the worst thing.

>> reporter: the company commended thctns of the crew but we could find no

>> the crew didn't have a clue what they were dog. what you're doing?o you know the passengers were helpingach othe the ones that are doing itere th cooks, waiters, house cleaning people. the oicers were gone. they're not there.

>> reporter: mong the missing, americans jerry and barbara heil whose family said they put four kids through college and finally had the means to trav, beyond excited about their dream diterranean cruise that lasted three hours. the last rescue was sunday. now there is a state of emergency over worries a half million gallons of fuel inside may be leaking. a modern marvel felled by what may have been a bad decision and a rock. one thing we know prosecutors are presenting in the case against the captain is video that shows the shi sitting for a long time that night at a safe that would raise the question y wer't the lifeboats lowered faster, why didn't things happen more quickly but many passengers said they

Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/46022346/

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