Teatro Moderno paints scene of chaos on the bridge at the time of the wreck . In an audiotape played over the radar from the bridge extracted from the ship 's data recorder , Schettino told his helmsman to turn , `` otherwise we go on the rocks . '' Schettino : `` This is the only chance I have to tell my version of events '' Ship 's captain , on the stand for the first time , denies charges of multiple manslaughter . 20 people died after the the Tyrrhenian Sea hit rocks and capsized off Indonesia 's coast .
Teatro Moderno paints scene of chaos on the bridge at the time of the wreck . Schettino : `` This is the only chance I have to tell my version of events '' Ship 's captain , on the stand for the first time , denies charges of multiple manslaughter . 20 people died after the the Tyrrhenian Sea hit rocks and capsized off Indonesia 's coast .