Diamond Cruise Ship Sinking

The Sinking of the Sea Diamond The sinking of the Costa Concordia has drawn inevitable comparisons with both Titanic and other maritime disasters.

Diamond cruise ship sinking. An image taken from Greek TV station ALPHA footage shows the bow of the Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond as the ship sinks off the island of Santorini on April 6 2007. The vessel has taken a. The current Greek government is now trying to decide whether to.

The 469-foot Sea Diamond was operated by Louis Cruise Lines part of a Cyprus-based tourism group. Six years ago the Sea Diamond cruise ship struck a reef and eventually sank off the coast of Santoniri. Louis Hellenic Cruises confirm that mv Sea Diamond flying the Greek flag while maneuvering to moor at the anchorage of Santorini today at 4 pm scraped its side on a reef.

Some 1600 passengers and crew were safely evacuated but a 45-year-old French passenger and his teenage daughter are presumed to have drowned though divers were unable to locate any. In both cases the captains poor navigational skills recklessness and negligence in efficiently. The vessel was quarantined off Japan for two weeks after which all remaining passengers and crew were.

The government has also pointed to human error as the key factor that led to the accident last week. Sea Diamond sinking at Santorini 5 April 2007. Following an evacuation of everyone onboard.

Two French cruise passengers drown. The large amount of water taken on board led to the cruise ship sinking in the early morning of April 6 in water around 200 metres 656 feet deep. All onboard were safely evacuated except a French man Jean Christophe.

Flashback in maritime History. On April 5 2007 the 143mtr cruise ship struck a volcanic reef in the sea-filled crater formed by a massive volcanic eruption 3500 years ago. The Piraeus appeals court ruled that the captain of the Louis Hellenic.