Freaky e-BUZZ news today.
The Spain’s maritime rescue service make a sound with a BIG Buzz as they announced that there is a 26-foot waves slammed into the Louis Majesty cruise ship in the Mediterranean a while ago.
Leaving two passengers dead and six injured. Police in Greece said among passengers killed was German and also the other was Italian. They said there were 1,350 passengers in the ship and 580 crew, including the Greek captain.
The wave “smashed windows inside the lounge area...Read Full Story
Reports continue to stream into Rag Box headquarters regarding the demise of the Greek cruise ship, Sea Diamond, after it sank off the coast of Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea. Questions remain as to how the ship ran aground onto 3,500 year old volcanic rocks that were clearly marked with warning lights and noted on every navigational chart known in the shipping and cruise industry. "We realized we were in trouble when the ship began to sink", stated Canadian passenger Stephen Johnson, in...Read Full Story
Louis Cruise Lines announced May 11th that it had acquired a 26-year-old cruise ship to replace its ship Sea Diamond, which inexplicably rammed underwater rocks last month and sank just off the Greek island of Santorini. A statement from Louis Cruise Lines said it had acquired the MV Opera, a 25,611-ton cruise ship with the capacity to carry 1,278 passengers in 483 cabins.Read Full Story
The Sea Diamond is operated by Louis Cruise Lines, a Cyprus-based tourism company. "This is not an emergency situation, but people on board are being evacuated as a precaution," company spokesman Michalis Martheftis said. "Most of the passengers are American. The rest are from various different nations," he explained. None of the passengers were in danger - but a lot of vacation time was squandered!Read Full Story
The listing Greek cruise ship "Sea Diamond" was carrying nearly 1,200 passengers and 400 crew members when it was evaculated. In these pictures it is surrounded by rescue vessels at the port of Santorini, April 5, 2007.Read Full Story
ilmediterraneo.itCosta Concordia come Sea Diamond: stessa tragediailmediterraneo.itROMA- Alla Costa Concordia è toccata la stessa sorte della Sea Diamond. Nel 2007, la nave da crociera si incagliò su una scogliera nelle vicinanze dell'isola di Santorini. Cinque anni più tardi, il caso della Sea Diamond non è stato ancora chiuso.
The AtlanticThe Real Menace to Today's Passenger Ships: It's Not IcebergsThe AtlanticNo lives were lost about the Monarch of the Seas, but another ship, the MS Sea Diamond, sank near the island of Santorini, also in the Mediterranean, leaving two passengers missing and presumed dead. Besides the loss of life and economic damage in reef ...and more »
Xornal Galicia.esNaufragio del crucero Sea Diamond : Capitan y Armador, culpablesXornal Galicia.esCosta Concordia : al igual que con el naufragio del crucero Sea Diamond en las islas griegas la mala práxis en la gestión del Sistema Mundial de Socorro retrasó la evacuación. El mal uso de las radiocomunicaciones pudo ser la causa del retrasoen la ...La falta de formación y la complejidad tecnológica, posibles causas del ...Europa Pressall 3 news...
Avant le "Concordia", le "Sea Diamond" avait déjà fait craindre un désastre ...Le MondeLe paquebot grec Sea-Diamond, flanqué d'un filet anti-pollution, en avril 2007. L'armateur a été condamné à 1,7 million d'euros d'amende et a été obligé de pomper les 400 tonnes de carburant que renfermaient les cuves. La famille d'une victime ...and more »
Le FigaroCinq ans avant le Concordia, le drame du Sea DiamondLe FigaroLe 5 avril 2007, il passe ses vacances en mer Egée sur le Sea Diamond. Long de 143 mètres, le paquebot compte à son bord 1156 touristes (dont 100 Français) et 391 membres d'équipage. Ce jour-là, en entrant dans la caldeira de Santorin, une île grecque ...and more »
Απο το «Sea Diamond» ...στο «Concordia»KykladesNewsΑισιόδοξοι ότι δεν θα επηρεασθεί αρνητικά η αυξητική τάση στην κρουαζιέρα που καταγράφεται τα τελευταία έτη, από το πρόσφατο ατύχημα του κρουαζιερόπλοιου «Costa Concordia» της Costa Cruises, ... ...το οποίο προσάραξε σε ύφαλο στο νησί Τζίλιο στην ...and more »
Cruise Operators See Shares Fall, Defend SafetyWall Street JournalPerhaps the closest comparison occurred in 2007, when the MS Sea Diamond ran aground near the Greek island of Santorini, eventually sinking and leaving two passengers missing and presumed dead. In the biggest high-profile incident in the US in recent ...and more »
The Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond hit rocks and was evaculated. The Sea Diamond was carrying nearly 1,200 passengers, mostly Americans, at the time of the evacuation. Passengers were evaculated to the Greek island of Santorini.