“I am very tired and do not call me a hero,” said Argilio Giacomazzi, the captain of the ferry Norman Atlantic, where a fire broke out December 28th. Still missing and hundreds
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New investigation for the sinking of the Norman Atlantic. Are being identified crew members who would have positions of responsibility in the phases of passenger embarkation and means, and in the evacuation after the fire. It is learned from judicial sources. The new investigation by magistrates in Bari will be formally enrolled in the day.
The investigations at the stake
not convince investigators the justification given by some members of the crew that the strong wind would have prevented better manage the spread of flames. Consideration is being given, in this regard, if the means, trucks and cars, on deck 4 – where it is believed it is originated the fire – they were too close to each other. And even if the fire safety equipment, which would be operated, have been activated too lat e. The survey of the harbor of Bari also aims to verify the exact number of persons on board, passengers and illegal immigrants, and especially the media. From indiscretions we learn that in the long interrogation last night, the commander would have said that you have loaded on board the 75 percent of vehicles permitted maximum capacity.
“Do not call me a hero”
Meanwhile the captain of the ferry spoke with reporters: “I am very tired and do not call me a hero. The compliments are not for me, you do not need,” said Argilio Giacomazzi front of his house in La Spezia. “I wanted to save them all,” says Giacomazzi, referring to at least a hundred people of which is still unknown fate. People, who were on board the ferry in Greek waters on which a fire broke out on the 28th of December. Wednesday the tug Marietta Barretta hooked Norman Atlantic; in the afternoon began sailing to Brindisi. According to estimates, the ferry will reach Brindisi in the late morning today.
“I do not yet know the number of missing”
The Coast Guard has informed the Greek authorities and the Italian list of names of people saved from the fire. Now it will be possbile riscontrarne identity with the list drawn up at the time of boarding. The number of victims found so far remains firm to 11. Nine bodies recovered at sea, while it was not possible to recover the other two, sighted. “The final budget on the missing – clarifies the prosecutor Giuseppe Volpi di Bari – we can only do that when we check if on board the wreck we are victims.” Being, in fact, the numbers in the possession of the prosecutor, on the ship there were 499 people, including three illegal immigrants.
The Greeks insist: the missing are only 18
As for the missing, the Greek authorities insist: not more than 18. The agency reported Associated Press referring to a discrepancy between the data provided in Athens and those of the Italian investigators. The agency points out that the prosecutor in Bari has indicated in 98 people who are missing. But he adds that, according to Greek sources, the lists in the possession of the Italian authorities of the passengers would be inflated due to the presence of duplicate names or entered several times with different spelling.
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