在震惊世界的灾难发生13年后,命运多舛的歌诗达协和号邮轮的船长Francesco Schettino再次登上头条。
现年64岁的Schettino要求提前释放他16年的刑期。
意大利媒体报道称,他已经申请了“半自由”,这是意大利法律规定的一项条款,允许行为良好的囚犯在至少服刑一半后,在监狱外服刑。
法庭将于2025年3月4日举行听证会,以决定他的请求。
嘉年华公司旗下的歌诗达黎加邮轮公司旗下的歌诗达协和号是一艘重达11.45万吨的大型邮轮。它由Fincantieri建造,于2006年交付,可容纳3780名乘客和1100名船员。
2012年1月13日,当悲剧发生时,这艘船正在地中海西部进行为期一周的航行。该船于当天早些时候离开了意大利奇维塔韦基亚港。
Francesco Schettino船长偏离了计划路线,在Giglio岛附近进行了“致敬”,这一动作涉及靠近岸边航行并鸣响船的号角。
然而,这艘船撞上了一块水下岩石,导致船体出现了巨大的撕裂。损坏淹没了船舶的电气控制系统,使其失去动力并漂流。
船上有3200名乘客和1000多名船员。船开始倾斜,最终倾覆。
这场灾难导致32人丧生,更多的人在随后管理不善的疏散中受伤。Schettino在乘客仍在船上时弃船而逃的事实被曝光后,他遭到了全球的谴责。
他后来给出了相互矛盾的说法,声称他要么从船上摔下来,要么上岸协调撤离。一段现在臭名昭著的录音浮出水面,意大利海岸警卫队愤怒地命令他回到船上,但他没有遵守这一命令。
这起事件是近年来最大的邮轮灾难,导致了更严格的安全措施和对船员的更好培训。
2015年2月,Schettino被判犯有沉船罪、多项过失杀人罪、遗弃乘客罪和渎职罪。
他被判处16年监禁。在2017年用尽所有上诉后,他开始在罗马的一所监狱服刑。
该船的运营商歌诗达邮轮被罚款100多万美元,并与乘客和受害者家属达成和解。
2016年,嘉年华公司还在荷兰建立了一个培训中心,以确保更好的管理和安全实践。
幸存者和受害者家属对Schettino要求提前释放他的***书表示愤怒,并指出许多人仍然承受着情感上的创伤和身体上的伤害。
英文原文
Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia, has made headlines again 13 years after the disaster that shocked the world.
Now 64 years old, Schettino has requested early release from his 16-year prison sentence.
Italian media reports that he has applied for “semi-liberty,” a provision under Italian law allowing prisoners with good behaviour to serve the remainder of their sentence outside prison after completing at least half their term.
A court hearing to decide his request is scheduled for March 4, 2025.
The Costa Concordia, owned by Carnival Corporation’s Costa Cruises, was a massive cruise ship weighing 114,500 tons. Built by Fincantieri and delivered in 2006, it could accommodate 3,780 passengers and 1,100 crew members.
The ship was making a week-long cruise in the Western Mediterranean when tragedy struck on January 13, 2012. The ship had left the port of Civitavecchia, Italy, earlier that day.
Captain Schettino deviated from the planned route to perform a “salute” near Giglio Island, a manoeuvre that involved sailing close to shore and sounding the ship’s horn.
However, the ship struck an underwater rock, causing a massive tear in its hull. The damage flooded the ship’s electrical controls, leaving it powerless and adrift.
There were 3,200 passengers and more than 1,000 crew members onboard. The ship began to list and eventually capsized.
A total of 32 people lost their lives, and many more were injured in the disaster with the poorly managed evacuation that followed. Schettino faced global condemnation after it was revealed that he abandoned the ship while passengers were still onboard.
He later gave conflicting accounts, claiming he either fell from the ship or went ashore to coordinate the evacuation. A now-infamous recording su***ced of the Italian Coast Guard angrily ordering him to return to the vessel, an order he failed to follow.
The incident was the largest cruise ship disaster in recent history and led to stricter safety measures and better training for officers.
In February 2015, Schettino was convicted of causing a shipwreck, multiple counts of manslaughter, abandoning his passengers, and dereliction of duty.
He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. After exhausting all appeals in 2017, he began serving his sentence at a prison in Rome.
Costa Cruises, the operator of the ship, was fined over $1 million and reached settlements with passengers and victims’ families.
Carnival Corporation also launched a training centre in the Netherlands in 2016 to ensure better management and safety practices.
Survivors and families of the victims have expressed anger over the petition filed by Schettino for his early release, pointing out the emotional scars and physical injuries many still endure.
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