[Avodah] Costa Concordia and halachah

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' ZS:
Does anyone know what is the legal basis of the charges against him,
besides the manslaughter ones?  "Women and children first" is obviously
not only against halacha but also against EU law.  And there can surely
be no law (let alone a halacha) that the captain must go down with his
ship.  But as captain he presumably has a special duty to oversee the
evacuation of the passengers and crew, and can't abandon that duty in
the middle.  I'm also guessing that there are laws dating back to the
old days of shipping, under which crew members may not leave their posts
mid-voyage, which this was.
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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_%28nautical%29#Responsibilities

KT,
MYG