A lawyer for the families of the 32 people killed when the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized off Italy's coast said yesterday no-one should have died in the accident as a court prepared to hear what the vessel's "black box" data recorders held.
The court reconstructed the accident in a series of pre-trial hearings attended by Captain Francesco Schettino, the captain of the wrecked vessel. It will decide if Schettino should face a full trial.
The 114,500-tonne luxury cruise ship capsized and sank in January after approaching the Tuscan island of Giglio to perform a manoeuvre close to the shore. It struck a rock which tore a gash in its hull and capsized.
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