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Costa Concordia: coastguard ‘ordered captain to return to the ship’
Italian newspaper reports claim Captain Francesco Schettino climbed over rocks and caught a taxi away from the sceneThe captain of the Costa Concordia was ordered by the coastguard to return to the stricken ship after claiming that the evacuation was almost complete when it had scarcely begun, according to transcripts of radio calls and telephone conversations published on Tuesday. The transcripts indicate that Captain Francesco Schettino said he was going to return to the vessel.
published date:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:34:59 GMT