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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 ...
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.
Oceanos (1976–1991) She was built in 1953 as Jean Laborde. Later renamed Pierre Lotti for Efthymiadis Lines for Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route. She later renamed as Oceanos for Epirotiki. The ship finally sank near Coffee Bay on 4 August 1991. Hermes (1976–2005) She was built in 1956 as Jugoslavia.
A Greek judge dismissed a case Tuesday against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border ...
Twenty-three years since the day that changed everything. Since that impossibly blue sky on a crisp autumn morning. Since the first plane. Then the second plane.
The captain was sentenced to 16 years in prison while the first officer received a 19-year sentence. January 13, 2012: Captain Francesco Schettino abandoned his ship before hundreds of passengers had been evacuated during the Costa Concordia disaster. 32 people died in the accident. Schettino was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in ...
At 5 pm PT on January 5, 2024, things seemed like they were on the verge of getting better for Boeing. Minutes later, a full year’s worth of problems started with a near tragedy.
Cruise ships that sank, including ones that were later salvaged. Including ocean liners converted into cruise ships during or after the 1960s, but excluding ocean liners which sank before the 1960s, and ocean liners which sank after the 1960s without ever being converted into a cruise ship.