FILE – In this Jan. 13, 2012 file photo the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its starboard side after it ran aground off the coast of the Isola del Giglio island, Italy, gashing open the hull and forcing some 4,200 people aboard to evacuate aboard lifeboats to the nearby Tuscan Isola del Giglio island. The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship was convicted Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 of multiple charges of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in jail, Italian court officials said. Francesco Schettino was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of 32 passengers and crew in the Jan. 13, 2012 capsizing as well as of causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship while many of the 4,200 passengers and crew were still on the ship. The verdict and sentencing brought an end to a trial that has been running since July 2013. Prosecutors had insisted Schettino was a „reckless idiot“ and asked the court to sentence him to 26 years and three months in prison. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Modesti, file)
