Costa Concordia: New Details Emerge Detailing Captain's Mistakes (VIDEO)

Three months after the Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan coast, new details about what occurred that night have emerged.

According to a segment from "Today," Vanity Fair has published a detailed account of what transpired the night Costa Concordia hit the rocks. The 17-page story "reads like a laundry list of incompetence," the broadcast said, citing mistakes made by Captain Francesco Schettino such as going too fast, navigating by sight and talking on the phone.

The CEO of Costa Concordia's parent company has blamed Schettino for the ship's crash. Schettino famously said he abandoned ship because he tripped into a lifeboat.

But, "the mistakes that the captain made after hitting the rock were worse than actually hitting the rock," Bryan Burrough of Vanity Fair told "Today."

To see the full details from the report, watch the video above.

Late last month, divers located five more bodies among the Costa Concordia wreckage. A U.S. couple is still listed among the missing.

Comments

[JBS]

10:15 PM on 04/18/2012

Bad as he screwed up, he seems to have managed to bring it to a stop where the water was shallow enough to save the ship & most of the passengers. Another 50 ' to the east, and the ship would have rolled completely over a'la The Poseidon Adventure.

[sacmom3]

03:01 PM on 04/06/2012

Why is this captain not in jail?

[JBS]

09:57 PM on 04/18/2012

He's out on bail.

[smpj]

09:56 AM on 04/06/2012

Is it just me or does that ship look drunk?

[johnnygoodwud]

09:33 AM on 04/06/2012

hmmm, an actual story that is not obama's fault. trolls have taken the day off. happy easter

[dumocraps]

09:54 AM on 04/06/2012

hmmm, you brought it up.

[smpj]

09:57 AM on 04/06/2012

Still waiting for the final word on whether it was Bush's fault or not.

[manmi1]

08:02 AM on 04/06/2012

Maybe this will be the end of Costa lines. They are terrible at best anyway.

[ecurbwl]

12:30 AM on 04/06/2012

Sounds like the captain was doing everything but "texting while driving" and maybe they will discover he was doing that. Incompetance at its best.

[practicalnomad]

11:03 PM on 04/05/2012

House arrest? How horrible for him. Please!

[cursive -hyroglyphic-s]

09:38 PM on 04/05/2012

This is new? Made to sound new by grabline. BiGG DIFF!! LoL

[Cody Wandel]

07:53 PM on 04/05/2012

I hate when I trip and fall into a lifeboat.

[lglasst1964]

09:39 PM on 04/05/2012

Isn't that always a bummer, you're the captain and try to stay on the ship but trip and fall into a lifeboat, what can you do?

[Ty2010]

11:18 PM on 04/05/2012

I blame Molly Brown.

[Garioch]

12:23 AM on 04/06/2012

It's not like you can blame him for that, it's such a common mistake the first mate did the same thing.

[tennisguy]

07:52 PM on 04/05/2012

I find it curious that the crew did not somehow intervene when the captain made so many serious blunders. I would have screamed at the captain that he was endangering the ship, if not actually stepped in to correct things.

[DennisTheMenance]

11:06 PM on 04/05/2012

And Be Court Martialed? And consider The source of those Crew Members while your at it

[shipcaptain]

10:33 AM on 04/07/2012

...actually they are required to challenge mistakes under Bridge Management procedures. There is no "court martial". See my reply to "tennis guy".

[Ty2010]

11:19 PM on 04/05/2012

Unless it was standard operating procedure.

[dmike5000]

06:46 PM on 04/05/2012

Unfortunately this can happen, let's wait till everything comes out before condemning Capt. Schettino...

[Buzzby48]

05:14 PM on 04/05/2012

He's under "house arrest"? Sickening! He is responsible for dozens of deaths and the destruction of a very expensive ship. Why isn't he in jail until they sort this out and bring charges? He certainly shouldn't be able to get away with this.

[Enrique Iglesias]

05:59 PM on 04/05/2012

Can someone go to the Chinese Laundry and bring me back the "Laundry List" that seems to be missing from my article...

[florencebrady]

06:44 PM on 04/05/2012

How about an industry when management takes "personal responsibility" for who they hire when the public's safety is involved?

For all thats said and done about whats wrong with this country----the number of deaths from commercial airlines (cruise ships co aren't American because registration is so much cheaper elsewhere) in this country was 0 in 2011.

[jsantaella]

07:34 PM on 04/05/2012

How about Chinese take-out. You want dumplings with that?

[capecodblu]

06:29 PM on 04/05/2012

If this were the US, he would make bail and be free until trial. House arrest is not an option in the US unless he is convicted or denied bail.

[JBS]

10:05 PM on 04/18/2012

House arrest is a condition of his pre-trial release. He is essentially out on bail pending trial.

In the US, house arrest (monitoring bracelet) can be a condition of bail.

[cheaptrick00]

04:55 PM on 04/05/2012

not to mentions having dinner with paying guests...very unprofessional, but that is carnival cruiselines...completely unprofessional!!

[Froggler]

06:07 PM on 04/07/2012

Can the Captain not eat? It is standard practice that paying guests sit and dine at the Captains Table on every cruise ship on this planet? You obviously know nothing about cruise ships. As for Carnival, it has been voted as the best family line in the industry, its lame to make such a cynical comment about something you haven't experienced yourself and know absolutely nothing about. BTW - Yes, this cruise line was owned by Carnival (as an investment), doesn't mean they were actually operating it. There are literally thousands of companies in the west that operate under the same principle, they are owned financially but have no responsibility in the way they operate... its how investments work.

[artfishtales]

04:27 PM on 04/05/2012

gee iam glad this guy name was not Columbus if it was we would still be living in the dark ages and then what??? we not be living in the crime captial of the so called civilized world no pizza or pasta no opera no art and etc etc etc oh wow is us what would we do back to the dark ages or worse.we would have to inport our provolone from china and have tourist with no place to go and get an education in the finer things in life.!we would all have to get a life.m

[capecodblu]

06:36 PM on 04/05/2012

Are you a Harvard grad?

[Edwin Keever Jr]

08:31 PM on 04/05/2012

Why doze everywon gotta be a Harvert grade?

[pbgardenpet]

11:39 AM on 04/06/2012

That doesn't mean much. Look at obama.

[Cody Wandel]

07:56 PM on 04/05/2012

I'm glad we don't have to " inport our provolone from china." That would suck. Great insightful comment.

[hlj]

04:03 PM on 04/05/2012

Maybe Al or Jesse can take charge of this to, before it gets outta the investigators hands. Come on, it's been 3 months, and the captain's still hasn't been charged or in jail. What's goin' on?

[StephenBP]

08:20 PM on 04/05/2012

Look up to, too, and two.

[hlj]

09:54 PM on 04/05/2012

Look up; to,too and two.
Thank you, Stevie.

[sacmom3]

03:13 PM on 04/06/2012

please throw lose, and loose in there too.

[French Toast]

08:31 PM on 04/05/2012

HURR HURR HURR