Purtroppo sembrano due "incidenti" distinti. Per quello del Fortuna, secondo i familiari, si tratterebbe di un omicidio avvenuto a bordo prima di Natale, col tentativo messo in atto di non farlo sembrare tale.
Da events at sea.
From a reader: My name is R, and I'm from Goa (India). Two days ago we received a phone call from the shipping agency where my brother (an Assistant Waiter) was recruited saying that he was found dead, due to hanging, onboard the COSTA FORTUNA. For us, his family, neighbours and friends, this is unbelievable. My brother was always known to be a happy-go-lucky person, cheerful, partying, full of life and no cares in the world. I have written to the Carnival and Costa companies to have a proper,thorough investigation and give us the full details. He wrote to the company saying: Please have a proper investigation into the matter. I too am a seaman, and cannot imagine a heavy built person hanging from a low ceiling, because I have worked for 3 cruise liners and the ceilings in the crew cabins are low.What about his cabin-mate? Please also check with his girlfriend if there was any indication of anything. Because a week before he had called up a friend in Goa, and sounded very happy on the phone. So something is seriously wrong here, and I expect a thorough investigation. I know it cannot bring back my brother's life, but we need to know what steps have been taken. UPDATE from reader: We have just received news from fellow sailors in our village where we live in India, that R was murdered and hung in his cabin to make it look like a suicide. It seems he had a quarrel with some Asian person, and were both given individual warning Letters by the Management. Worst of all, this incident took place much before Christmas, and Costa has been hiding it not to attract bad publicity. The boys were saying that the papers will be botched up, and have urged us to carry out private investigations.
