A Rome university professor is facing a disciplinary hearing after inviting the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to lecture students on emergency procedures.

The former captain of a luxury cruise liner that capsized off an Italian island has gone back aboard for the first time since the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people.

A trainee officer on board the Costa Concordia when it sank off an Italian island last year told a court that the captain did not fall off the stricken liner onto a lifeboat as he claims, but jumped to safety.

The Moldovan dancer involved in the Costa Concordia disaster has told Italian investigators that she was “in love” with the captain, as it emerged her lingerie was found in his cabin.

The captain of grounded cruise liner Costa Concordia said he tripped and fell from the listing vessel and never intended to abandon his passengers as details emerged about the dead and missing.