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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 ...
The captain was subsequently sentenced to 36 years in prison for his role in the deaths of the passengers, and was also given a life sentence, after being found guilty of murder of the 304 passengers that did not survive. June 1, 2015: The Chinese captain of the river cruise ship Dong Fang Zhi Xing left the ship before most passengers were ...
Mexican officials are demanding answers from investigators in the case of a politician whose killing appears tied to the capture of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada.
A scuba dive boat captain found guilty of so-called “seaman’s manslaughter” has been sentenced to four years behind bars in Los Angeles after 34 people died in a fire onboard his vessel ...
Gabriel Sean Esparza, the 20-year-old son of a Los Angeles County fire captain, has been charged with multiple felonies including murder, kidnapping and attempted rape of 19-year-old Andrea Vazquez.
Forbes saw a group of people near a van and assumed it was a drug deal. After telling the men to leave, one man, Dan Davis, argued with Forbes. The two got into a fight and Forbes shot Davis three times. Forbes was charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in prison. He was released in 2000. [160] 5 November 1992
Two teenagers have been jailed for life for murdering a boy at a birthday party. Shea Gordon, 17, was stabbed repeatedly in the street just after midnight on September 4 2022 after he attended a ...