The captain and three crew charged with manslaughter in the sinking of the Greek ferry Express Samina testified before prosecutors if (element.tagName === 'BODY' && ! The Express Samina's captain, Vassilis Yannakis (left), has been charged with multiple murder They must improve their standards within 20 days, or have their sailing permits revoked. [9], At 22:15 EEST (19:15UTC), three minutes after impact, the ship was listing by five degrees to starboard. Members of the crew, who were five hours into a routine trip from Athens, were said to have been watching the Champions League match with the Greek side, Panathinaikos, at the time of the collision. let flipPayConfig = { Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to inform readers comprehensively and sufficiently about the marine accident of MV Samina Express with 80+2 dead in the . 26 2000 533 , 472 61 . The clock on the bridge stopped at 23:02, which the authorities took to be an indication of the time at which the ship sank. The 34-year-old ferry Express Samina was on its daily meandering route through the Aegean Sea with an assortment of passengers - foreign tourists heading for sun-soaked holiday isles, residents heading home, army conscripts returning to military bases from leaves. Four Americans were among those rescued, but it was unknown if any Americans died. The water spread beyond the engine room, and the operators could not remotely shut the doors due to a lack of electrical power. Ro-Ro are Stiff Ships. console.log('observer.observe failed:', e); ","articleBody":"BEREAVED families yesterday vowed to bankrupt the owners of the sunken ferry Express Samina with legal actions and poured scorn on the amount of compensation offered, as the captain admitted he had not been on the bridge when she hit the rocks and sank, drowning at least 74. A Greek public prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the captain and second officer of the sunken ferry Express Samina to be jailed pending trial on charges of manslaughter, an investigating magistrate said. Express Samina to drift off course. The accident resulted in 82 deaths [4] and the loss of the ship. userID: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.user_id, The trial commenced in late July 2005. const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'corporate_account'); History [ edit] On commissioning she became part of the 8th Frigate Squadron. Sinking. Everyone was watching the game, German survivor Christa Liczbinksi, 37, told Associated Press on Paros. return { return 'premium-plus'; There was no note, but media reports hinted at a possible call made before he jumped. "They brought people on deck and helped them on to rescue boats and fishing boats.". [12], The City of Seattle honoured 26-year-old Heidi Hart and 32-year-old Christine Shannon, two American passengers, for heroism during the disaster. The rocks tore a six-meter-long and one-meter-wide hole above the water line. The accident resulted in 82 deaths [4] and the loss of the ship. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, Prosecutors yesterday added more charges against all four men, including failing to help with the rescue operation.Mr Yiannakis said yesterday : ``I accept full responsibility for the accident and for the deaths.\u0026#039;\u0026#039; In a barely audible whisper he confessed he was not on the bridge.Investigators have complained that the captain, who was in command of another ferry which sank 11 years ago, has given them contradictory accounts of what he was doing when the 4,500tonne Express Samina sank. But the spotlight quickly turned to Greece's ageing ferry fleet, which transports more than 10m people a year, and to the near monopoly enjoyed by MFD. It went down near the popular tourist island of Paros. Even with autopilot on, standard practice calls for one crew member to watch the controls, for example to avoid collisions with other vessels. The films listed here are mostly from Pakistan along with some Indian Urdu movies. Cork v Clare: who'll show their second-best team in Munster? const cookieData = updateSubscriberCookie(event.detail.object); Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. MS Express Samina 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. The water from the three-meter gash destroyed the main generators and cut off electrical power. After the crash, the engine room officers did not promptly notify the captain of the fault, failing to close three out of the 11 watertight doors, resulting in the rapid inflow of water inside the vessel . The ships left side was touching the water, and it turned into a slide, Effi Iiou, a Greek woman, told Athens-based Flash radio. Three crew members were sentenced to between eight years and 15 months for a series of misdemeanours that included abandoning ship without the captains permission. An Athens court yesterday handed down heavy jail terms on the captain and first mate of the Express Samina ferry, which sank off Paros in September 2000 with the loss of 82 lives, after deeming that the tragedy had been provoked by poor navigation and not mechanical failure. Last week a court awarded 180,000 to one survivor. The trial commenced in late July 2005. PROPERTY OF: NEES KATHIMERINES EKDOSEIS SINGLE MEMBER S.A. 2014 - 2023. !gigyaID ? return 'premium'; Yannakis had told the court he was in his cabin at the time. He and three other crew members, including Vasilis Yiannakis, the captain, will be charged in court tomorrow. window.loadGTM(); Los Angeles, Elliott: Kings use their heads over hearts in trading Jonathan Quick, The problem with Pablo Escobars hippos. It cited poor safety training and a failure to properly secure the doors, and sound the alarm when the ship was abandoned. [11] He had been charged with criminal negligence in conjunction with this ferry disaster, and had been the focus of much media attention. The captain and three crew members of the ferry Express Samina which sank resulting in 63 deaths, were formally charged with four offences last night, including multiple counts of murder,. }; All the doors on the starboard side are said to be sealed tight. SES uses, (as its evacuation area) a model of the ro-ro passenger ship EXPRESS SAMINA (Figure 4) Source: Papanikolaou et al. First officer Tassos Psychoyios was sentenced to 19years, while Captain Vassilis Giannakis received a 16-year sentence. There was no note, but media reports hinted at a possible call made before he jumped. The disaster in September 2000 shook public confidence in Greeces coastal ferry shipping safety and prompted a safety crackdown. Professor David Molyneux, an expert in the performance of ships in harsh environments,[7] said that the damage sustained by the MS Express Samina should not normally sink such a ship. } 'none' : 'registration'; A subsequent coroner's report revealed alcohol and antidepressants in his system at the time of his death. She sailed from France for the last time in 1982, as she was sold to a Greek company, Stability Maritime, to operate their ItalyGreeceIsrael route under her new name MS Golden Vergina. subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.original_start_at, She sailed from France for the last time in 1982, as she was sold to a Greek company, Stability Maritime, to operate their ItalyGreeceIsrael route under her new name MS Golden Vergina. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. [6] The fact that some of the crew did not help the passengers evacuate the sinking ferry contributed to the death toll.[5]. {"gigya.api.key":"4_CO8231Ix1RbYi2EmMbsrlw","gigya.screenset":"Default-RegistrationLogin","gigya.mobile.screenset":"Default-RegistrationLogin","gigya.authFlow.redirect":"true","gigya.check.enabled":"true","gigya.check.host":"gigya-check.independent.ie","competitions.submit.endpoint":"https://competitions-api.independent.ie/entries","competitions.api.key":"0b15feaa-62b2-45a2-8244-723a9e80748e","subscriptionwall.cookie-domain":".independent.ie","subscriptionwall.metered.missing.fields":"data.occupation,data.phone,data.salutation,data.yearofbirth,profile.firstName,profile.lastName","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.home-delivery":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.premium-plus":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.premium":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium/","kaching.enabled":"true","outbrain.kaching.enabled":"true","quantcast.enabled":"false","didomi.enabled":"true","newsletter.subscribe_url":"https://member.independent.ie/quicksubscribe/IN:Daily/subscribe","social-embed-consent-wall.enabled":"true","homepage.regional.sections.mapping":"Cork:regionals/corkman/:corkman,Dublin:regionals/dublin/:dublin,Kerry:regionals/kerryman/:kerryman,Louth:regionals/louth/:louth,Sligo:regionals/sligochampion/:sligochampion,Wexford:regionals/wexford/:wexford,Wicklow:regionals/wicklow/:wicklow","active_cmp":"didomi"} {"url":"https://shared.mediahuis.be/ka-ching/independent/ka-ching.umd.js?20210830","adunit":"m.independent.ie/World_News/Home","targeting":{"art_id":"26110517","article_id":"26110517","kw":["Captain","was","sleeping","as","Greek","ferry","struck","rocks"],"gs_channels":["gs_notprocessed"],"article_type":"standard"},"platform":"MOB","pageType":"Article","lazyload":true} {"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Captain `was sleeping\u0026#039; as Greek ferry struck rocks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Independent.ie","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://m.independent.ie/theme/_base/"},"@id":"independent.ie"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.independent.ie/theme/amp/images/0bafced9f7194fe484475000f0550f64.jpg","height":"700","width":"1240"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.independent.ie/"},"dateCreated":"2007-05-10T10:31:41.000Z","dateModified":"2007-05-10T10:31:41.000Z","datePublished":"2000-09-29T23:11:00.000Z","keywords":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://www.independent.ie/theme/amp/images/0bafced9f7194fe484475000f0550f64.jpg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"By DANIEL McGRORY"},"description":"BEREAVED families yesterday vowed to bankrupt the owners of the sunken ferry Express Samina with legal actions and poured scorn on the amount of compensation offered, as the captain admitted he had not been on the bridge when she hit the rocks and sank, drowning at least 74. })(); Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. const cookieExpiryInSeconds = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30; She was launched in 1986 and commissioned on 10 June 1989. After the crash, the engine room officers did not promptly notify the captain of the fault . He had been charged with criminal negligence in conjunction with this ferry disaster, and had been the focus of much media attention. The Express Samina, carrying more than 500 passengers and crew, crashed inexplicably into a well-charted outcrop three miles from Paros on the night of September 26. Although the Express Samina had recently passed an inspection, prosecutors are investigating claims that the vessel had propulsion and steering problems. vars.article.wallVisible = ! The water from the three-meter gash destroyed the main generators and cut off electrical power. (www.MaritimeCyprus.com) On the evening of Tuesday 26 September 2000, MS Express Samina left the Port of Piraeus with 473 passengers and 61 crew members. The defendants had faced a maximum of life imprisonment for their alleged role in letting the ferry hit rocks in the Aegean Sea outside Paros main port. }; A crew member discovered the problem and tried to steer the ship to port, but this action occurred too late and at 22:12 local time (19:12UTC), the ship struck the east face of the taller Portes pinnacle. return { Many life buoys were not equipped with signposts and did not have whistles. The semi-official Athens news agency reported that Mr Sfinias was discussing the Samina tragedy with the head of another ferry company when he suddenly opened the window and jumped. listenForFlipPayEvents(); Many said they had had to look for lifejackets on their own or jumped into the water without them. After the impact, the rocks bent the stabilizer fin backwards, and the fin cut through the side of the hull, below the waterline and next to the engine room. He described how Mr Georgiadis, a navy commando, had jumped into the dark and stormy Aegean holding a small child. const getBundleValue = function (purchase, purchaseType) { In 1969, she was transferred to Compagnie Gnrale Transmditerranenne. // Push initial dataLayer values into object. Earlier yesterday, Greek coastguards said 62 Greeks and a Norwegian woman were confirmed dead, but the final figure may be higher. [8] This conclusion was supported by an in-depth study of the Ship Design Laboratory National Technical University of Athens, a summary of which was presented at the 8th International Conference on the Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles, (Papanikolaou, A., Spanos, D., Boulougouris, E., Eliopoulou, E., Alissafaki, A., "Investigation Into The Sinking Of The RO-RO Passenger Ferry Express Samina"). In 1969, she was transferred to Compagnie Gnrale Transmditerranenne. The trial commenced late July 2005. The Express Samina sank within 45 minutes. The rocks tore a six-meter long and one-meter wide hole above the water line. Stories of their selfless efforts to rescue people clashed sharply with survivors' accusations of negligence and neglect among the crew. if (isGrantedBy('app_purchase')) { [11] He had been charged with criminal negligence in conjunction with this ferry disaster, and had been the focus of much media attention. const cookies = document.cookie.split('; '); subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.original_start_at, Irish Examiner Ltd, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork. The accident resulted in 82deaths[4] and the loss of the ship. observer.observe(document, { if (eventType === 'access_resolved' || eventType === 'access_resolved ') { Kathimerini may send occasional special offers and promotions. const listenForFlipPayEvents = function () { } const selectedRegional = localStorage.getItem('selectedRegionals'); The crew had deployed the fin stabilizers system to decrease the motions in bad weather; normally both stabilizer fins would deploy, but in this case the port stabilizer fin failed to extend, causing the ship to drift and therefore not travel in a straight line. if (vars.article.wallType === 'registration') { bundle: bundleValue, His latest claim is that he was asleep as he had not been feeling well. Some passengers managed to clutch life vests before hitting the water, while others clung to floating debris or the rocky shore throughout a terrifying night. }); Cumberland was decommissioned on 23 June 2011. The crew had deployed the fin stabilizerssystem to decrease the motions in bad weather; normally both stabilizer fins would deploy, but in this case the port stabilizer fin failed to extend, causing the ship to drift and therefore not travel in a straight line. Ferries are a way of life for many of the 460,000 people who live year-round on Greeces Aegean islands and as many as a million more who go there during the long summer season now ending. The ship was built as MS Corse in 1966 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St Nazaire, France[1] for Compagnie Gnrale Transatlantique, along with her sister ship MS Comte De Nice. The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) held a reference in memory of Shahbaz Bhatti, the slain minister for minorities affairs, and vowed to stay united and continue his good works on Sunday. The court found that the 34-year-old vessel had been seaworthy, but that safety procedures on the roll-on, roll-off ferry had been neglected. our duty," Lieut Grigoris Bertakis (25) told the daily Eleftherotypia. On 29 November 2000, Pandelis Sfinias ( ) the manager of the company Minoan Flying Dolphins, committed suicide by jumping from his sixth-floor office window. vars.user.subscriptionFinishDate = subscriberCookie.subscriptionFinishDate || ''; The emergency siren for the abandonment of the ship and relevant information from the ships loudspeakers were not used under the responsibility of the master, and there was no guidance from crew to organize the evacuation of the ship. A judicial investigation has yet to come to any conclusion on the reasons for the disaster, although human error was initially cited as the chief cause. The muddled investigation took a further twist yesterday with claims that Anastasios Psychoyos, the stricken ship's second-in-command, was flirting with a woman passenger when he should have been on the bridge. 'We knew we had the Phantom in front of us': Paul Mescal's 2012 stage appearance, A history of Irish women in 50 objects, from a Sheela na Gig to fake tan, Magdalene laundries survivor recalls a childhood of relentless abuse and neglect, State accused of stonewalling and hiding evidence over Magdalene laundries, A Magdalene laundry and its clients: Holles Street, Fitzwilliam Tennis Club, Captain Americas, Refugees told they are to be moved as hotels prepare for holiday season. The cause of the accident was crew negligence, for which several members were found criminally liable. } vars.user.userID = subscriberCookie.userID || ''; Five crew members, including the captain and his deputy, have been arrested and held at Paros. "We all did what we could . After six years of service, the company changed its name again, to SNCM, to which she was transferred. script.async = true; Both men spent 18 months in prison custody the maximum allowed under Greek law following the disaster. A judicial investigation. observer.disconnect(); Around 12 people are officially still missing but the number may increase as tickets could be bought on board and were not issued to small children. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, } This conclusion was supported by the "Investigation Into The Sinking Of The RO-RO Passenger Ferry Express Samina" by the National Technical University of Athens-Ship Design Laboratory submitted during the 8th International Conference on the Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles. } else { (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': These laws were eventually relaxed due to the aging Greek fleet, but ships over 30 years old must comply with strict safety standards, and regular inspections are carried out by authorities. The Express Samina sank within 45 minutes. Molyneux described the open watertight doors as the most significant aspect of the sinking. Within five days of the sinking of the Express Samina in the Aegean, resulting in at least 77 deaths, a third Greek ferry has been involved in a serious accident that cost the life of an. Signup for our newsletter to get notified about our next ride. I talked to him about soccer and told him stories," Mr Alexandros Georgiadis (19) told Greek television. By 22:29, the ship was listing by twenty-three degrees, preventing the launching of additional lifeboats; only three of the eight lifeboats were deployed. }); const isGrantedBy = function (grant) { vars.article.userWall = 'none'; Three crew members were sentenced to between 15 months and eight years and nine months for a series of misdemeanours that included abandoning ship without the captain's permission. window.IMP = window.IMP || {}; In his official statement, the ship\u0026#039;s deputy said he had been the last man to hold the wheel and that he had fought to steer the ferry away from the rocky islet.He said a young helmsman had been to blame for putting the ship on a collision course and by the time he had wrestled the wheel they were barely 200 yards from the jagged rocks.
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