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Yes, I kissed the Costa Concordia captain, Francesco Schettino (second part)
This is the second time that an ocean tragedy has wrecked Domnica Cemortan’s life. She was only eight years old when her father drowned while swimming in the Black Sea during a family holiday in Ukraine. Domnica grew up with her elder brother and their mother Vera, a doctor, in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. She trained as a dancer, winning scholarships to study first in Romania and then France, where she lived from … Read entire article »
Yes, I kissed the Costa Concordia captain, Francesco Schettino.
Moldovan blonde girl, Domnica Cemortan gives a newspaper interview Sunday “to set the record straight” about her relationship with the doomed ship’s captain Francesco Schettino. Domnica Cemortan said she was dining and wining with Captain Francesco Schettino on the bridge of the Costa Concordia before the ship struck rocks close to Isola del Giglio, The Mail on Sunday reported. The Mail on Sunday also reported it was possible that the captain may have been trying to impress … Read entire article »
Costa Concordia: captain Schettino’s tests negative for drugs, but traces of cocaine on a hair sample
Traces of cocaine found on hair sample from Costa Concordia captain, but drug tests are negative Traces of cocaine have reportedly been found on the exterior of a Francesco Schettino’s hair sample and inside the envelope used to store the sample, but experts say the discovery does not prove that captain Schettino had used the drug: experts have suggested that Captain Schettino may have been around the cocaine although not used it himself. The cocaine was … Read entire article »
How oil and fuel will be removed from Costa Concordia
Before salvage work can begin to refloat or remove the Costa Concordia, there are 500,000 gallons (2,300 tons) of heavy fuel and 45,000 (200 tons) of diesel oil in the tanks of the stricken vessel which need to be extracted. Dutch company Smit (based in Rotterdam), working with Italian firm Neri (based in Livorno), brought a barge alongside the ship as divers install external tanks that will collect the diesel. Work to remove oil and fuel is … Read entire article »


