Modern-day Titanic: The Italian shipwreck that killed 32 people

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea explores how delayed warnings turned the Costa Concordia disaster into one of the cruise industry’s worst catastrophes. The film, available on Netflix from July 10, recounts how, in January 2012, Captain Francesco Schettino did not initially tell 3,200 passengers that the ship had struck a rock. Instead, his team reportedly called it an electrical failure before learning about leaks in the lower decks, which then became impassable. After a delay of about 45 minutes, passengers began scrambling for lifeboats, including reports of people offering cash for places, while others recorded videos to share names and hometowns. The documentary uses recordings from the ship’s black boxes, archival footage, translations of passenger announcements, and first-person accounts, linking the capsize to a collision near Giglio Island off Tuscany during a sail-by. The incident resulted in 32 deaths among 3,206 guests and 1,023 crew.