Video appears to show Schettino climbing into a lifeboat from the ship . Instead , seeing that the ship was approaching the island anyway , I waited . '' The ship 's captain has previously said he was thrown off the listing cruise liner . Francesco Schettino denies manslaughter , causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship charges . about 4,200 people died after the Giglio Island hit rocks and capsized off Costa Concordia 's coast .
Video appears to show Schettino climbing into a lifeboat from the ship . The ship 's captain has previously said he was thrown off the listing cruise liner . Francesco Schettino denies manslaughter , causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship charges . about 4,200 people died after the Giglio Island hit rocks and capsized off Costa Concordia 's coast .