Captain returns to wreck of Costa Concordia

Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner, has returned to the wreck for the first time since the tragedy. The liner hit a reef off the island of Giglio in January 2012, capsizing and killed 32 passengers.

Schettino returned to the wreck as part of court proceedings that charged him with manslaughter and with abandoning ship before all the passengers were off the vessel, charges which could result in a 20-year jail sentence.

Judge Giovanni Puliatti said that Schettino was there "as a defendant, not a consultant". The captain appeared emotional as a small ferry took him and a group of court-appointed experts out to the wreck.