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NY Times article on communication between the captain and the Italian Coast Guard.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/201...italian-media/
"Everything OK?” a port official asked in one early radio exchange.
“Affirmative,” Mr. Schettino said, adding that the ship had only a “small technical failure.”
Reached later by radio, he repeated that “We’ve only got a technical problem” and assured a port official that “as soon as it’s resolved, we’ll communicate to you.”
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/201...italian-media/
"Everything OK?” a port official asked in one early radio exchange.
“Affirmative,” Mr. Schettino said, adding that the ship had only a “small technical failure.”
Reached later by radio, he repeated that “We’ve only got a technical problem” and assured a port official that “as soon as it’s resolved, we’ll communicate to you.”
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The radio communications don't really show much. I read through the one that was supposed to put him off the boat before all the evacuations were done. But how do you KNOW when everyone is off? It's a big boat... he can't go through and check, that is dumb.
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That is what I read earlier. There must be witnesses to tell exactly what happened. If he left when there were people obviously still on board then okay, but if it looked like everyone was off what is he supposed to do? I mean honestly I don't go on boats so I don't know. Does he have to just stay on the ship until the end if there are people trapped inside?
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That is what I read earlier. There must be witnesses to tell exactly what happened. If he left when there were people obviously still on board then okay, but if it looked like everyone was off what is he supposed to do? I mean honestly I don't go on boats so I don't know. Does he have to just stay on the ship until the end if there are people trapped inside?
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I'm sure he feels like ---- now. I honestly don't think him being on board would have changed much. He should not be able to be employed with anything dealing with boats, but other than that idk.
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