But Schettino told a judge last week that his bosses not only knew he was going to sail perilously close to the island of Giglio — they told him to do it as a form of “advertising” for the cruise line.
“The Giglio salute on Jan 13 was planned with the company before we departed from Civitavecchia,” Schettino said, according to leaked excerpts from his 135-page statement published Sunday in the Italian newspapers La Repubblica and Il Messaggeo.
“We meant to do it the week before, but it was not possible because of bad weather,” he said.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/22/costa-concordia-death-toll-rises-to-13-as-divers-find-womans-body-near-bow-of-sunken-ship/
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