The captain of a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy abandoned the boat after it capsized and was ordered by officials with the Italian coast guard to return to the ship, according to a report released Tuesday.

Radio calls between the ship, the Costa Concordia, and the captain, were released Tuesday and translated into English by Reuters. The captain reportedly left the scene in a cab after the cruise liner, which was carrying 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members, hit a rock off the coast of Isola del Giglio and turned on its side after it started to take on water.

The transcript reveals the Italian coast guard reacting angrily to the captain, Francesco Schettino.

"There are people who are coming down the ladder on the bow," the Italian coast guard official said on the recording. "Go back in the opposite direction, get back on the ship, and tell me how many people there are and what they have on board.

The Transportation Security Administration's confiscation of a passenger's cupcake has inspired another Northeast bakery to tweak its pastry offerings — and the controversial agency.

During the Christmas travel season, TSA workers at Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport confiscated Massachusetts resident Rebecca Hains' cupcake because it was in a jar, which gave the screeners pause because of a 2006 plot involving liquid bombs. TSA rules prohibit passengers from carrying liquids in containers larger than three ounces onto airplanes, and the agency said the icing from Harris's cupcake exceeded the limit.

The bakery where Harris purchased the cupcake, the Wicked Good Cupcakes bakery in Cohasset, Mass., responded to the incident by renaming the item, which had been called National Velvet on its menu, the "National (Security) Velvet."

Now another dessert shop has gotten in on the act. The Rhode Island-based Silver Spoon Bakery, an online made-for-delivery store, has begun offering TSA Complaint Cupcakes, which come with a mock boarding pass and a quart-sized Ziploc bag that meets TSA's carry-on standards.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

The count of the number of people missing following the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia has been increased to 29. 

A new survey finds that Hajj Terminal at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is the best airport terminal in the world.

The worst is New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport's terminal 3.

Another airport has joined the trend of taunting fans of losing football teams during the NFL playoffs.

The CEO of low-cost airline JetBlue Airways said Monday that the bankruptcy of fellow carrier American Airlines was good for both that company and the overall aviation industry.

Appearing on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart" show, JetBlue CEO David Berger said when he was asked about Texas-based AMR Corp., which oversees both American and American Eagle airlines, filing for bankruptcy in November 2011 and rumors of other airlines trying to buy the company that the trend in aviation lately has been toward consolidation.

"It's more evolution of an industry that's been consolidating over time," Berger said. "As we take a look at this bankruptcy, does that mean more consolidation? We'll see lots of rumors that are out there, but overall, I think it's good for the landscape. It's good for our industry." 

An industry group said the incident was a "rare occurrence" and called cruising "one of the safest means of travel."

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) threw his support on Monday behind Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

"It has not been my practice to endorse candidates in primary elections," Mica said in a statement. But he added that he felt compelled to back Romney, who is widely regarded as the GOP front-runner after his victories in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. 

"As I look at the direction our country has been taken under this president, I worry for our children and our grandchildren about our future," he said. "As I look at the field of candidates in this election, no one matches the outstanding business and elected executive credentials of Mitt Romney.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

A luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Italy.

A flight from Atlanta to Costa Rica was diverted to Tampa, Fla., when crew members said a couple became unruly over champagne.

Saab owners are holding out hope for the company, despite its recent bankruptcy.

"Occupy" protesters were kicked off a Greyhound bus in Texas.

The National Right to Work Foundation filed a motion Friday that challenges the legality of President Obama’s controversial appointments.

The union that represents flight attendants is seizing a report that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has suggested Republicans drop a controversial labor provision from a bill that funds the Federal Aviation Administration.

The FAA is faced with the possibility of another shutdown if lawmakers do not move quickly on an extension of its funding before the current authorization law expires Jan. 31. The agency was shut down last summer for nearly two weeks when Congress could not agree on a short-term extension after negotiations on a longer-term bill for the beleaguered agency broke down over labor rules.

Both the House and the Senate passed long-term funding bills for the FAA last year, but the House version included a provision to undo rules adopted in 2009 by the National Mediation Board to ensure that absentee votes were not counted as votes against forming a union in labor elections in the transportation station.

The Washington, D.C.-based Communication Workers Association (CWA) said if the Chamber of Commerce thinks the NMB provisions should be dropped to help foster a deal on an FAA bill, which a newspaper reported this week, Republicans should be willing to go along.

"We need to do away with brinksmanship and move forward on this bill, which will create jobs for tens of thousands of Americans," CWA communications director Candice Johnson said in a statement.