The captain of the Costa Concordia arranged to flee in a helicopter, abandoning passengers and crew, on the night of the shipwreck, his Moldovan lover has claimed. The giant cruise ship hit rocks and sank off the Mediterranean island of Giglio on January 13, 2012, killing 32 people, in Italy's worst maritime catastrophe since the Second World War. Captain Francesco Schettino is on trial for multiple manslaughter, dereliction of duty and abandoning ship, and faces up to 20 years in prison if he is found guilty. Scroll down for video Claims: Domnica Cemortan (left) claims Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino (right) arranged to flee in a helicopter, abandoning passengers and crew, on the night of the shipwreck
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Domnica Cemortan claims Francesco Schettino arranged to flee the ship
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Cruise liner hit rocks and sank off the island of Giglio, killing 32 people
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Maritime catastrophe on January 13, 2012 was Italy's worst since WW2
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Schettino is on trial for multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship
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Miss Cemortan made claims after giving him an ultimatum to 'tell the truth'
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She tells Italian magazine that he took her to the deck to wait for helicopter
'Godlike': Last year, Miss Cemortan told how skipper Schettino, pictured returning to the @placeholder harbour in February, was 'like a god on the ship'