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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 decided to divert to Denver, where she was taken off and arrested by the FBI on charges of interfering with a flight crew and assault. [ 142 ] [ 143 ] Szele claimed to have no memory of the incident and blamed the airline for serving her three vodka tonics .
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The man behind the wheel of a boat that crashed into a reef near San Diego Sunday with more than 30 smuggled passengers on board was charged in federal court Wednesday.
The assault charge was based on the allegation that he threw a bottle of butyric acid onto the Shōnan Maru 2 days before the boarding, causing chemical burns to a whaler's face. [41] The Sea Shepherd group claimed the burns were self-inflicted when the crewman was shooting pepper spray at the protesters. [ 42 ]
He also has an open case in Brooklyn on assault, harassment and weapons possession charges for an incident on Oct. 12. Sources said he was released without bail in another case in 2020 despite ...