In 2006 Schettino was promoted captain and given command of the newly launched Costa Concordia. Starting as an official in charge of security he moved up to become second-in-command. On 16 April 2002, aged 41, Schettino was hired by Costa Crociere, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation. He attended the nautical institute Nino Bixio in Piano di Sorrento, then worked for the ferry company Tirrenia. Early life įrancesco Schettino was born in Castellammare di Stabia into a seafaring family based in Meta, Campania. He began serving his sentence in 2017 after exhausting his appeals. In 2015, he was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for his role in the incident. Multiple counts of manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster, abandoning ship, and 'lying to the authorities'Ĭosta Concordia, commanded by Captain Francesco Schettino at the time of groundingįrancesco Schettino ( Italian pronunciation: born 14 November 1960) is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when it struck an underwater rock and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012.
