Oceanos Cruise Ship Sinking 1991

Her captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ships entertainers.

Oceanos cruise ship sinking 1991. Tonight on DatelineNBC they are doing a special about the sinking of the Greek cruise ship. Mts oceanos was a french built and greek owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding. Sinking of the Oceanos 1991 - Royal Caribbean International - Cruise Critic Community.

Her captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ships entertainers. The cruise ship Oceanos sank in 1991 off the South African coast. This is a simulation of the chain of events which led to the sink of the ship.

As one of the largest rescues in maritime history I was rescued by helicopter 2 hours before she sank but you can read my story here. MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding. Yiannis Avranas is a Greek former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship Oceanos when she sank off the Wild Coast of the Transkei South Africa on Sunday August 4 1991.

Mts OCEANOS was a French built and Greek owned cruise ship which sank off the South Africas eastern coast in August 1991. The ships were used on the Marseille - Madagascar - Mauritius service. The ships entertainers had to coordinate the rescue of 571 passengers after the captain and crew.

After the sinking of the Oceanos on 4th August 1991 the principal people involved in the rescue had to give official statements of events. Her captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ships entertainers. Oceanos is one of the documented tragedies ever to happen in the sea and following a probe by maritime authorities the captain and his crew were found to have been negligent.

Hi My name is Rose I am one of the Survivors of the Oceanos which sank off Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast of South Africa on August the 4th 1991. The World witnessed an ugly scene back on 03 August 1991 when MTS Oceanos sunk in 1991 because of uncontrolled floods. The master of the cruise ship MV Oceanos who in the fall of 1991 off the coast of Africa breached this custom by fleeing his sinking ship while hundreds of passengers remained aboard soon learned the dishonour that attends such a too-hasty abandonment.