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hstrybuf
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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 06:57 pm | 1st Post |
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Ship hit rocks off Greek island in April; 2 French passengers presumed dead
Updated 10:04 a.m. CT, Fri., Nov. 2, 2007
ATHENS, Greece - The operators of a cruise ship that sank in April, killing two passengers, blamed an error in official maps Thursday for the accident off the Greek island of Santorini.
The Sea Diamond hit rocks off Santorini on April 5 and sank hours later. Some 1,600 people, mostly American tourists, were evacuated from the ship, but two French passengers were never found and are presumed drowned.
Operator Louis Hellenic Cruise on Thursday said it commissioned a seabed survey of the accident area and found rocks that the ship struck were not on official charts.
"The ship's captain maintained a distance of 130 meters from the shore and should have been 57 meters clear of the rocks. But something very different happened," said George Koubenas, the company's head of operations.
In June, the government fined the Cypriot-owned operator $1.7 million for polluting the Aegean Sea.
Louis did not say whether it would take any legal action against the government over the map, but said it had informed authorities about the discrepancy.
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Mr_Pete
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Posted: Mon Nov 5th, 2007 10:06 am | 2nd Post |
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| Wow. Now there's a turn of events.
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Posted: Mon Nov 5th, 2007 12:46 pm | 3rd Post |
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Wow. We were just there 3 weeks ago.
Glad our Captain missed those submerged rocks! 
Attachment: CruiseShip,Santorini.jpg (Downloaded 19 times) Last edited on Mon Nov 5th, 2007 12:47 pm by Catnip
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Posted: Mon Nov 5th, 2007 01:49 pm | 4th Post |
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Catnip wrote: Wow. We were just there 3 weeks ago.
Glad our Captain missed those submerged rocks!
Not to mention submerged ships.
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BeckyThane
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Posted: Mon Nov 5th, 2007 02:07 pm | 5th Post |
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nhrich wrote: Catnip wrote: Wow. We were just there 3 weeks ago.
Glad our Captain missed those submerged rocks!
Not to mention submerged ships.
That's how they tell where the submerged rocks are now. 
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