GENOA, Italy (Reuters) - The operator of a cruise ship that ran aground off Italy's west coast blamed the captain for the accident, saying on Monday his actions had caused the disaster in which at least six people died.
At a news conference in Genoa, the head of Costa Cruises, a unit of Carnival Corp, rejected suggestions that the sheer size of the cruise ship had made it impossible to evacuate the more than 4,000 people onboard safely.
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