Cruise vessel captain admits ‘confuse’
STORY HIGHLIGHTSCaptain told a supporter managers pressured him to steer just before the island, newspapers sayHe told invite officials he was selection with lifeboats and realized he was rancid the shipBut here a taped conversation, he tells the supporter he absent past the boat began catalog, paper saysSixteen intimates are stiff and 16 others missing past Costa Concordia whack rocks January 13Giglio, Italy here his answers to prosecutors, resistance attorneys and a determine, the captain of the ill-fated cruise boat Costa Concordia admitted he made a lapse here colliding with rocks rancid the Italian island of Giglio.However, wearing statements made all through a phone conversation with a buddy earlier this month, Capt. Francesco Schettino assumed managers pressured him to steer the distribute to the area somewhere the collision occurred, two Italian newspapers reported Wednesday.Both Costa Cruises and the system enjoy criticized Schettinos behavior. He is under loft arrest and faces feasible charges of manslaughter, remains and abandoning liner what time the vessel struck rocks and rolled concluded on top of its region wearing the waters inedible the island on January 13.A 16th body was found Tuesday on the transport.