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Article

16 Jan 2012

Author:
Gavin Jones & Antonio Denti, Reuters

Fourteen still missing from Italian ship disaster

Rescue workers searched the half submerged hulk of a capsized Italian cruise ship for 14 people still missing Monday, more than 48 hours after the huge vessel capsized, killing at least six and injuring more than 60...The captain of the...Costa Concordia was arrested Saturday, accused of manslaughter and abandoning his ship before all of the more than 4,200 passengers and crew had been evacuated. Francesco Schettino's employers, Costa Crociere [part of Carnival], said in a statement Sunday that he appeared to have made "serious errors of judgment" and had brought the ship too close to shore, where it struck a rock that tore a large hole in the hull...Costa Crociere expressed "deep sorrow" for the disaster.