Captain "Coward" Said He "Tripped" Into a Lifeboat, LOL

LOL!

"The captain of the Italian cruise ship gave a slapstick explanation of how he ended up safely in a lifeboat instead of going down with his ship, saying he tripped and fell into the boat as it was being lowered into the sea, Italian media reported today."

The 52 year-old captain, Francesco Schettino, gave an extremely hilarious account of his own actions.

Captain: "I was helping some passengers put the life boat to sea. At a certain point the mechanism for lowering it, blocked. We had to force it. Suddenly the system unblocked itself and I tripped and I found myself inside the life boat with a number of passengers."



Even more hilarious, Carnival is probably saying sorry by offering the usual $500.00 travel voucher and $100.00 in-ship credit.



Full mayday transcript and sources after the break.