Posted by John Nichols on January 17, 2012 at 07:55:12 user Mcneacail.
Note on trying to get teh skipper back onto the Italian ship:
Obvioulsy the skipper never modelled himself on a real skipper.
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"You go on board and then you will tell me how many people there are. Is that clear?" De Falco shouted in the audio tape.
Schettino resisted, saying the ship was tipping and that it was dark. At the time, he was in a lifeboat and said he was coordinating the rescue from there.
De Falco shouted back: "And so what? You want go home, Schettino? It is dark and you want to go home? Get on that prow of the boat using the pilot ladder and tell me what can be done, how many people there are and what their needs are. Now!"
"You go aboard. It is an order. Don't make any more excuses. You have declared the abandoning of the ship, now I am in charge," De Falco shouted.
Schettino was finally heard agreeing to reboard. It is unclear whether he did.