Isola del Giglio
Costa Cruises confirmed that the course taken in 2012 was "not a defined [computer programmed] route for passing Giglio". In an interview with the Italian television channel Canale 5 on 10 July 2012, Schettino said this was a contributing factor to the accident. In addition, at the captain's invitation, the "maître d'hôtel" of the ship, who is from Isola del Giglio, was on the ship's bridge to view the island during the sail-past. A further person on the bridge was a Moldovan dancer, Domnica Cemortan, who testified that she was in a romantic relationship with Schettino and had just boarded the ship as a non-paying passenger.