} } First officer Tassos Psychoyios was sentenced to 19 years, while captain Vassilis Yiannakis received a 16-year sentence. Greek Ferry Captain Admits He Was Asleep - ABC News const script = document.createElement('script'); His latest claim is that he was asleep as he had not been feeling well. These ships being Ro-PAX had cost lives more than that of just the crew. hail and turbulences. Why Titanic's first call for help wasn't an SOS signal - History RM G54R65 - A man walks out of The Port Authority building on the Greek island of Paros, where Vassilis Yiannakisits, the captain of sunk ferry Express Samina is allegedy being held. if (isGrantedBy('purchase')) { The ship sank close to the islets at 23:02, resulting in the deaths of 80 people from a total of 533 on board. RM 2F66WBA - Sea captain board ferry. const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'corporate_account'); Head of ferry disaster company takes own life - the Guardian Category:IMO 6613548 Wikimedia Commons Seven jailed over Greek ferry disaster - Irish Examiner (2004) The upper deck's main compartments are the two large sitting . MS Express Samina (Greek: ) was a French-built RoPax ferry that struck the charted Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of Paros island in the central Aegean Sea on 26 September 2000. window.loadGTM = function () { subscriptionStatus: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.sku_code, The cause of the accident was crew negligence, for which several members were found criminally liable. The captain and the crew are expected to leave Paros for the regional court on the island of Syros as soon as the weather clears and ferry travel is possible. userID: purchase.granted_by_whitelist_rule.user_id, vars.article.userWall = 'none'; Disaster ferry crew in mass murder inquiry - Telegraph One did not survive the shipwreck. Try keep it short so that it is easy for people to scan your page. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, Two miles from its destination, the vessel struck a rocky islet and sank. THE captain and three crew members of the Express Samina, the Greek ferry that foundered on rocks with the loss of more than 60 lives, were taken from the island of Paros last night to face a . '&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= } vars.user.subscriptionStatus = subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus || ''; Other survivors described a disorderly evacuation into lifeboats, with the crew ignoring the custom of helping women and children first.