Francesco Schettino was the captain of which ship
Francesco Schettino Francesco Schettino Francesco Schettino (; born November 14, 1960 in Meta into a seafaring family) is an Italian former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship "Costa Concordia" when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of Giglio on January 13, 2012. Schettino attended the nautical institute Nino Bixio in Piano di Sorrento, then worked for the ferry company Tirrenia. In 2002 he was hired by Costa Crociere (Costa Cruises), a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation. Starting as an official in charge of security, he moved up to become
Francesco Schettino the 16-year prison sentence. Schettino further appealed to Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation, which upheld the original sentence on May 12, 2017. Schettino handed himself in to Rome's Rebibbia prison on hearing the verdict of the second appeal, to begin his sentence. Before starting his prison sentence, Schettino lived in Meta, Campania, in the Province of Naples. He is married to Fabiola Russo, and has one daughter. Present with him on the bridge during the collision was Moldovan dancer Domnica Cemortan (26), who has admitted she had been having a love affair with Schettino. Francesco Schettino Francesco Schettino (; born