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Prosecutor on captain's role in cruise shipwreck: chaos, delays, errors killed the 32 victims

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    FILE -- In this file photo taken on Sept. 24, 2013 Captain Francesco Schettino waits for the arrival of the judges in the court room of the converted Teatro Moderno theater at the end of a pause of his trial, in Grosseto, Italy. A prosecutor in the trial for the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia contends that 32 people died not because the luxury cruise liner crashed into a reef, but due to "chaos, delays, errors" under the captain's watch. Prosecutor Alessandro Leopizzi was making final arguments Friday in the trial in Grosseto, Tuscany, of Francesco Schettino, who captained the Italian liner which capsized near tiny Giglio island in 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 file photo, Captain Francesco Schettino leaves the court room of the converted Teatro Moderno theater at the end of a hearing of his trial, in Grosseto, Italy. A prosecutor in the trial for the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia contends that 32 people died not because the luxury cruise liner crashed into a reef, but due to "chaos, delays, errors" under the captain's watch. Prosecutor Alessandro Leopizzi was making final arguments Friday in the trial in Grosseto, Tuscany, of Francesco Schettino, who captained the Italian liner which capsized near tiny Giglio island in 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) (The Associated Press)

ROME – A prosecutor in the trial for the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia contends that 32 people died not because the luxury cruise liner crashed into a reef, but due to "chaos, delays, errors" under the captain's watch.

Prosecutor Alessandro Leopizzi was making final arguments Friday in the trial in Grosseto, Tuscany, of Francesco Schettino, who captained the Italian liner which capsized near tiny Giglio island in 2012.

Schettino is charged with manslaughter, causing the shipwreck, and abandoning ship while many passengers and crew were still aboard. Some jumped or fell into the sea as the ship rolled over. Autopsies found victims drowned aboard or in the sea.

Schettino claimed the reef wasn't on the ship's nautical charts.

A verdict is expected late next week.