Sea Diamond Cruise Ship Accident

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.

Sea diamond cruise ship accident. The accident occurred in April 2007 when the Sea Diamond operated by Louis Hellenic Cruises crashed into a reef off of Santorini and ran aground. In May 2007 the Silja Opera ferry was sold to Louis Cruises in which fleet the ship replaced the sunk MS Sea Diamond. Their bodies were never found and they were presumed drowned.

In both cases the captains poor navigational skills recklessness and negligence in efficiently evacuating the cruise ship killed passengers. On being sucked under water when a ship goes down. It lies in more than 90mtr-deep water.

Tourists gathered on clifftops to watch the rescue effort. All onboard were safely evacuated except a French man Jean Christophe. The incident occurred about a nautical mile off the coast of Santorini and passengers were hastily evacuated on motorboats lifeboats and fishing vessels.

My daughter and I travelled on sea Diamond last year. In April 2020 it will be 13 years since the state-of-the-art cruise ship Sea Diamond sank after hitting a volcanic rock off the Greek island of Santorini resulting in the death of two French passengers. Cruising Evacuating Sea Diamond avi Greek Cruise Ship Sinks After Crash in Aegean Sea Santorini Greek curise ship evacuated - 5th April 2007 Two Missing Afte.

The Sea Diamond in good days. The deadliest maritime disaster in history wasnt exactly an accident. The photo captions are good.

However there is confusion about what happened in the hours following the collision. She was delivered in 1986 and operated for Birka Line in the Baltic Sea cruiseferry market sailing on 24-hour cruises between Stockholm in Sweden and the Åland. However there is confusion about what happened in the hours following the collision.