According to the testimony of the crew from Indonesia Concordia, Teguh Haryono, when contacted VIVAnews, Tuesday 17 January 2012, the helmsman is named Rush. Rusli firm claims to have met on the island of Giglio after the passenger ship rescue drama.
True to say at that time, Rush was very shocked and speaks with a slight tremble. "He said to me, 'I had a case'," said True, who is now in Rome when contacted by telephone from Jakarta.
According to Rush True story, when it itself was a helmsman on duty in the wheelhouse on the top floor. Rush, True said, simply act as a regulator of the wheel, while the coordinates of the ship are all governed by the officers of higher rank.
"He (Rush) know exactly how many degrees he had to swerve. But then he said a strange instruction, should have so many degrees, why he ordered so many degrees of inflection," said True. To True, Rush admits she still remember well how many degrees the command given to him.
True to say when Rush was likely questioned by police. To True, Rush also said the atmosphere of the wheelhouse at the time was very busy because there was a farewell party one officer who will leave the ship.
At the time of the incident, he added, the ship's captain Francesco Schettino that should be on full alert in the wheelhouse was in the restaurant, having dinner with a woman. "I see on television, he (Schettino) told me was in the wheelhouse. That's a big lie!" Teguh firm.
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Not only is it a mistake made by Schettino. True to say, the captain and the officers left the ship the passengers and crew to save themselves first to the island of Giglio.
"When we're saving the passengers, the captain even drink coffee on the island. No one knew if he was captain of the ship," said True.
Currently Schettino will undergo trials in Italy. He will be charged under manslaughter, accidents and neglect of the ship when passengers are still in it. If convicted, he would be jailed for up to 15 years old.
According to a spokesman for the Indonesian Embassy in Rome, Musurifun Lajawa, there were six people who became citizens of Indonesia helmsman ship Costa Concordia. They work in rotation.
