- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

All missing Russian tourists found alive in Italian shipwreck

Subscribe
All missing Russian tourists were found alive in an Italian cruise shipwreck near the coast of Tuscany, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

All missing Russian tourists were found alive in an Italian cruise shipwreck near the coast of Tuscany, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

"The (Russian) embassy (in Rome) has come into contact with 109 Russians as of 15:00 Moscow time (11:00 GMT), January 15," the ministry said in a statement.

The Russian embassy in Rome previously put the number of Russians aboard the ship at 108.

The Costa Concordia liner with over 4,200 passengers on board, ran aground off the Isola del Giglio island late on Friday. At least three people - two French passengers and a crewmember from Peru - were killed and 67 were injured.

Tuscany governor Enrico Rossi said at least 17 passengers were still missing.

"I was informed at the latest meeting that 11 passengers and six crewmembers are still missing," Italy's Ansa news agency said, quoting Rossi.

Italian prosecutors said they detained Captain Francesco Schettino and First Mate Ciro Ambrosio. They are suspected of manslaughter and abandoning ship in distress.

Schettino was interviewed for several hours before being taken to a pretrial detention facility. He said that the Costa Concordia hit reefs that were not marked on the navigation map.

 

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала