Costa Concordia Disaster: Ship crew 'downplayed emergency' [Video]

A video has emerged showing the crew of the Costa Concordia reassuring passengers nothing was wrong, after the cruise ship had begun taking in water.

In the amateur footage below, a crew member says "everything is under control" and a generator problem will be fixed. She asks passengers to go to their cabins.

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