Authorities are well into their investigation of Costa Concordia captain Franchesco Schettino, and thanks to some leaks to the Italian press, it seems he and his crew are being examined for a little bit of everything, including drugs, prostitution, and a previous crash.
Now that the Costa Allegra, the cruise ship disabled in the Indian Ocean, is safely docked at the island nation of Seychelles, passengers are starting to share their onboard memories. Somehow we doubt Costa Cruises will be putting them on a brochure.
To hear Costa Cruises tell it, being stuck on a boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean with no electricity in sweltering conditions isn't so bad. Neither was the accident that sunk the Costa Concordia.
The owners of the Costa Concordia swear that all 1,000 passengers on one of its other ships, Costa Allegra, are fine even though the boat had a fire is now adrift in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
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