Cruise operator caught up in Italy shipwreck probe
Europe's biggest cruise ship operator was caught up on Wednesday in the probe into the Costa Concordia tragedy as eight more bodies including a five-year-old Italian girl were found in the wreck.
Three managers of Costa Crociere received formal notifications that they were under investigation along with four officers from the liner, joining captain Francesco Schettino and first officer Ciro Ambrosio as suspects. "We have received seven formal notifications -- four for officers on board, three for company employees on land," Costa Crociere spokesman Davide Barbano told AFP, without revealing the names of those being investigated.
Italian news agency ANSA reported that the three Costa Crociere executives were the company's vice president Manfred Ursprunger, the head of the company's crisis unit Roberto Ferrarini and fleet superintendent Paolo Parodi. Italian media reports said the seven face charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and failing to communicate with maritime authorities.
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Meanwhile, divers found eight badly decomposed bodies in the submerged part of the giant liner, including that of five-year-old Dayana Arlotti.
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