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.

Sea diamond cruise ship accident. Two French cruise passengers drown. The Sea Diamond was carrying 1600 people when the accident happened in April of 2007. We had no idea where the life jackets were.

This ship went pretty slowly but I would suggest caution if youre ever in this situation. My daughter and I travelled on sea Diamond last year. Their bodies were never found and they were presumed drowned.

In May 2007 the Silja Opera ferry was sold to Louis Cruises in which fleet the ship replaced the sunk MS Sea Diamond. Over 1600 people were onboard the Sea Diamond and had only a few hours to evacuate before the vessel sank. The Sea Diamond in good days.

After drydock refit at Piraeus shipyard Athens Greece the redesigned vessel was renamed to MS Cristal starting cruise operations in July. The ship sank two hours later taking with it Jean Christophe Allain 45 and his daughter Maud 16. The photo captions are good.

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. The deadliest maritime disaster in history wasnt exactly an accident. In both cases the captains poor navigational skills recklessness and negligence in efficiently evacuating the cruise ship killed passengers.

Scientists warned fuel and chemicals onboard could harm the environment. 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. It lies in more than 90mtr-deep water.