Concordia captain: ‘I did not jump ship’

Footage purportedly shows him trying to flee before passengers

Prosecutors have presented footage purportedly showing captain Francesco Schettino boarding a lifeboat before passengers of the Costa Concordia.

Schettino, accused by survivors, politicians and the media of dereliction of duty after the 2012 shipwreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner under his command killed 32, has claimed that he accidentally fell into a lifeboat — but the newly-released video shows him exiting the sinking ship with passengers still on board.