What is Francesco Schettino?
{{Infobox criminal | name = Francesco Schettino | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|11|14}} | birth_place = [[Naples]], [[Campania]], Italy | nationality = Italian | occupation = Former [[Sea Captain|ship captain]] | employer = [[Costa Cruises]] (2002{{ndash}}2012) | known_for = Captain of ''[[Costa Concordia]]'' | children = 1 | parents = | charge = Multiple manslaughter | relatives = | conviction_penalty = 16 years in prison | footnotes = | conviction_status = Incarcerated | spouse = Fabiola Russo }} '''Francesco Schettino''' ({{IPA-it|franˈtʃesko sketˈtiːno}}; born 14 November 1960)<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4882531/bio |title=Biography Francesco Schettino |publisher=IMDB.com Inc.|access-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> is an Italian former sea captain. He commanded the [[cruise ship]] ''[[Costa Concordia]]'' when it [[Costa Concordia disaster|struck an underwater rock and capsized]] with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of [[Isola del Giglio|Giglio]] on 13 January 2012.<ref name=cnn.12.14>{{cite web| url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/02/world/europe/schettino-cruise-captain-profile/ | title=Francesco Schettino: the cruise captain who sailed into notoriety| publisher=[[CNN]] |date=2 December 2014| access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=bbc.7.13>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16584591| title=Profile: Capt Francesco Schettino | publisher=BBC News| date=9 July 2012| access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> In 2015 he was sentenced to a 16-year prison sentence.<ref>{{cite news |last1=France-Presse |first1=Agence |title=Costa Concordia captain hands himself into prison |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/12/costa-concordia-captain-hands-himself-into-prison |access-date=14 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=12 May 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schettino, Francesco}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Italian criminals]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Catego