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Yiannis Avranas (born ca. 1940) is a Greek former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship Oceanos when she sank off the Wild Coast of the Transkei, South Africa, on Sunday 4 August 1991. He was one of the first to be rescued while most of his passengers remained onboard the sinking ship.
MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 when she suffered uncontrolled flooding. Her captain, Yiannis Avranas, and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers, who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ship's entertainers, who made a mayday transmission, launched lifeboats, and helped ...
Wife of Captain David Larkin Ross aboard the "Reform" enroute to Buenos Aires, successfully assumed command of the ship upon David's death. Her brief command made her one of America's first female ship captains. Canada: 1849 1940 Rostron, Arthur. British captain for the Cunard Line and master of RMS Carpathia during her rescue RMS Titanic ...
Subway surveillance images show Sebastian Zapeta-Calil leaving the car as the woman burns to death. Surely, someone would have thrown their coat over her, ran to look for water, screamed at her to ...
A man being charged with killing two women, including his ex-girlfriend, was attacked in a New Mexico courtroom by one of the victim's family members. Alexander Ortiz, 21, appeared in Bernalillo ...
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday dismissed the criminal indictment against a dive boat captain charged with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people when the vessel caught fire and sank off ...
False Alarms is a 1936 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard).It is the 17th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
Jerry Boylan was in charge of the Conception when the fatal fire broke out aboard in 2019