Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, went to jail for his role in the disaster, which killed 32 people. After the cruise ship struck rocks off the coast of Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Schettino abandoned ship, even though some 300 people were still on board. He subsequently claimed that he fell off the Concordia and landed in a lifeboat. He also refused an order from a coast guard captain to return to the vessel and oversee the evacuation. In 2013 Schettino went on trial for manslaughter as well as causing the wreck and abandoning ship. Two years later he was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in prison. After his appeals were denied, Schettino began serving his sentence in 2017.
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