Captain's error, overcrowding caused migrant ship disaster

Catania (Italy) (AFP) - Italian authorities said Tuesday that the Mediterranean's deadliest migrant boat disaster had been caused by a combination of mistake by the captain and the ship being impossibly overcrowded.

Prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Catania said the boat had collided with a Portuguese container ship just before it capsized but absolved the crew of the merchant vessel of any responsibility for the tragedy.