Back to documenting what happened aboard the Concordia. A new TG5 video has just been released that's worth watching: Click here for video!

I'm not sure how long the link will work so here's a summary:

The footage, from the bridge of the ship, shows the captain to be supremely relaxed as the disaster unfolds.

At least 17 people died in the incident and 15 are missing. An American lawyer, John Arthur Eaves, is filing for compensation for the victims and suggested that families of those who died should sue Carnival Cruises for between $1 million and $3 million.
And lawyers will certainly be carefully studying the video, broadcast by Italian network TG5, which shows confusion among the captain and crew on the ship's bridge in the hour after Concordia rammed a reef.

A 50-meter hole was gouged out of the giant liner after it struck a rock close to the island of Giglio at 9.42 pm on 13 January.

At first the crew seem to be calm. But after half an hour, with the ship tilting at a 20-degree angle, panic breaks out among senior crew members.

At 10.25pm a man identified in the video as Captain Francesco Schettino is seen talking on the phone while senior officers struggle to understand what is happening, with at least one shouting out: "What do we do?"

One official is heard saying: "Passengers are getting into the life boats."

A man believed to be Capt Schettino then replies: "Vabbuo", which means "Whatever".

Francesco Verusio, the magistrate leading the investigation into the disaster, told The Independent: "This is new to us – I've just seen it for the first time. We've heard everything that was happening on the bridge."

Charley Noble