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The captain of a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy -- killing three people and injuring 20 others -- has been arrested, a local prosecutor said Saturday.

He is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship.

The 4,200-passenger Costa Concordia, owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises, hit bottom Friday night on a sand bank off the island of Giglio.

Not all passengers have been accounted for.

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Two survivors on the Costa Concordia, which ran aground Friday off an Italian island, have been found inside the ship, Italy's ANSA news agency reported. The man and woman have responded to the rescuers but have not yet been reached, according to the news agency.

Three people died, 20 were injured and dozens are unaccounted for.

The ship's Italian captain was arrested late Saturday, and a local prosecutor is looking into whether he should be charged with abandoning ship and manslaughter. Ref. CNN

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At least two more bodies have been found aboard the I'll-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Sunday, bringing the number of dead in the ship's grounding to at least five.

The 4,200-passenger Costa Concordia, owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises, ran aground Friday night on a sand bank off the island of Giglio.

The captain has been arrested and faces multiple charges of manslaughter, Italian police say. Ref. CNN

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I was kind of surprised by the list of accidents this company has had! I thought that cruising was pretty safe in general and didn't even think that accidents seem this common...

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It isn't a huge list, but there seems to be about 1 per year for them.

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I wonder why the rush to arrest the captain unless they had so many witnesses saying he behaved badly in handling the whole thing. What caused this accident anyways?

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The captain claims that the rocks and dangers around the small island were not on his map so he thought it was just water.

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However, he hit the rocks and kept going. He didn't call out for a mayday and apparently he abandoned the ship with passengers still on board. He also apparently didn't follow emergency protocol.

Any way you look at it, he set a course that was going to have the boat hit the rocks. I do wonder if this was his first time for this particular cruise course.

Just picked this one up though...perhaps showboating or a sort of competition to give a salute to the island with a close fly by was the cause?

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That does seem pretty plausible!

Edited: Vincenzo on 16th Jan, 2012 - 2:02am

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A total of 29 people are still unaccounted for from Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, Italian coast guard chief Marco Brusco said in a television interview, according to the state ANSA news agency.

Still missing are four crew members and 25 passengers. Authorities earlier said 16 people were missing.

The ship hit rocks Friday night off Italy's western coast, killing at least six people.

Rescue efforts resumed earlier Monday after being temporarily suspended when the partially sunken vessel began to move, officials said. Ref. CNN

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Rescue crews have located five more bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, bringing to at least 11 the number of people killed after it ran aground near the island of Giglio, Italy, on Friday, the Giglio mayor said Tuesday. Several people still are missing.

The Costa Concordia hit rocks Friday night just off Italy's western coast, leading to what passengers described as a chaotic and surreal scene as they rushed to evacuate.

There were roughly 4,200 people on the Costa Concordia when it ran aground -- about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members. Ref. CNN