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Costa Concordia Crew member says he was forced to lie to passengers

One of the assistant director of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise the Peruvian Elisabeth Jacqueline Abad Quine, said on Monday (25) tearfully had received orders to report to the passengers that everything was under control, the witness in the case against Captain Francesco Schettino. Peruvian made the remarks during a new hearing in Grosseto, central Italy, Schettino's judgment, which is accused of sinking of the Concordia on January 13, 2012 off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio Il and where . were killed 32 people, including two Peruvian and a Spanish "ordered me to tell the passengers that there had been an electrical blackout and should go back to the cabins," testified Jacqueline reconstituting the moments before the wreck. - Passengers were frightened and . wanted to climb the lifeboats, but we could not help them because they had ordered us otherwise Prosecutor today showed a video shot by a passenger in which you can see a crew member communicating in Italian: "everything is under control will return to normal soon "and telling passengers to return to their cabins or inside the ship. Moreover, the witness, who wept during the testimony, said the order was given to abandon ship for the second commander board, Francesca Bosio, and that she gave passengers the opportunity to embark on a life raft, although the rest of the crew continued without receiving this order. Finally, Abad said that helped to form a "human network" over 150 people to board the boats, who added that they were "busy". Schettino's trial began on 17 July and the captain faces a possible sentence of 20 years for being accused of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship wreck and did not inform port authorities immediately upon hitting an obstacle facing the island.