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January 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“The people who came up to the bridge with Schettino were disturbing the
ship’s navigation,” Ms Coronica told investigators.
“The maitre d’hotel was chatting, disturbing the steering, with a
consequent impact on concentration.”
The ship was travelling at 15 knots as it steamed to within 150 yards of
Giglio’s coast – too fast for such a delicate operation, the officer added.
The evidence given to investigating judges also revealed scenes of panic down
in the engine room, as water began to gush in through the hole torn by a
huge lump of granite that was broken off from by the force of the impact.
“Descending down a stairway into deck B, I opened the door and I saw the
tear in the hull and the water that was coming in. In the space of two
minutes it was completely flooded,” said Alberto Fiorito, the engine
room’s duty officer. “I opened the door to the main electrical room but
there was already nearly two metres of water.”
Salvage workers were finally given the go-ahead to start extracting the half a
million gallons of oil inside the crippled ship, with the operation expected
to start on Tuesday.
The luxury liner is stable and there is no risk for now that it will become
dislodged by sea swells and slide to a greater depth, officials said.
Franco Gabrielli, who is in charge of the massive search and salvage
operation, said a scientific committee had determined that it is possible to
continue searching for bodies while at the same time starting the fuel
extraction operation.
The 2,400 tonnes of heavy oil and diesel are to be pumped out by a Dutch
salvage firm, Smit, which has been ready to start the operation for days.
Mr Gabrielli, the head of Italy’s
respected Civil Protection Authority, said the number of missing could be as
high as 24 or 25.
Ennio Aquilino, a spokesman for the Italian fire service, said his men faced
increasingly unsanitary conditions as they searched the parts of the ship
which remain above water.
The huge quantities of food that the vessel was carrying – it was at the start
of a week-long Mediterranean cruise and had on board more than 4,000
passengers and crew – was rotting and creating a terrible smell.
Mr Aquilino likened the situation to going on holiday and turning off a fridge
full of food, only on a giant scale.
Meanwhile, a toxicology report showed that Capt Schettino, 52, tested negative
for drugs, his lawyer said.
Bruno Leporatti said that while his client accepted some responsibility for
the accident, “third parties” were also involved and the
investigation should be widened.
Italian authorities are searching for the captain’s personal computer, amid
reports that it was taken away by a mystery blonde woman in the hours after
the disaster.
He reportedly had time to retrieve the laptop from his cabin and bring it
ashore, despite telling investigators last week that conditions on board
were so chaotic that he accidentally “tripped” and was pitched
into a life boat.
After reaching Giglio’s rocky shore in the early hours of Saturday, Jan 14, he
took a taxi to the Hotel Bahamas, the only hotel that was open.
The owners said the captain was holding a red plastic bag containing a
rectangular white object which resembled a laptop case.
He was being interviewed by an Italian television network when a
smartly-dressed middle-aged blonde woman employed by Costa Cruises swept
into the lobby, ordered him not to do any more interviews, and whisked him
away.
When he was interviewed by police in the nearby town of Orbetello several
hours later, the computer was no longer with him.
“The captain wanted to go off and change into some dry socks,” said
Paolo Fanciulli, 45, the owner of the Hotel Bahamas.
“He asked me if I could keep an eye on his bag. Italian journalists were
trying to interview him. Suddenly a blonde woman, who I guessed was a lawyer
from what she said, came into the lobby and said: “No interviews. She
took him by the arm and led him away. It all happened in about four or five
seconds.”
A short time later Capt Schettino was arrested on the island and taken to a
police station in Orbetello on the mainland. Police records show that by
that time he had only his mobile phone in his possession.
Costa Cruises denied that its employee had obtained the laptop. “After
contacting the person involved, Costa Cruises categorically denies that it
has received anything at all from Capt Schettino,” the company said in
a statement.
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