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05-24-2016, 10:59 AM
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Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
The cruise ship MTS Oceanos can be seen in the video below sinking off South Africa's eastern coast on 08/04/1991 during a storm. No alarm or announcement was given that the ship was in trouble, several passengers went to the bridge to look for captain Yiannis Avranas, but found it unmanned. A passenger, Moss Hills, used the radio phone to broadcast a mayday until a nearby ship answered. All 571 people on board were saved. Captain Yiannis Avranas and the crew were criticized by passengers for leaving hundreds behind with no one other than the ship's onboard entertainers to help them evacuate. Avranas claimed that he left the ship first to arrange for a rescue effort, and then supervised the rescue from a helicopter. He justified his actions saying that the "ship was in darkness and the batteries on the crew's walkie-talkies had died, meaning that he had no communications with his crew or with other rescue craft". Avranas was quoted as saying "When I order abandon the ship, it doesn't matter what time I leave. Abandon is for everybody. If some people like to stay, they can stay." A Greek board of inquiry found Avranas and four officers negligent in their handling of the disaster. You can read more about the sinking here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTS_Oceanos 
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05-25-2016, 10:12 AM
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
Awesome video...too bad about the captain being a coward.
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05-25-2016, 11:06 AM
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
Thanks chris....This new section Rocks!  |
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05-25-2016, 04:04 PM
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
i remember this...it was a big deal in SA when it happened... that fucking coward of a captain is still hated all over the country |
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05-27-2016, 12:40 AM
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
Were those sounds dubbed in after? They just dont jive...I wonder what all that clanking and clunking was...  |
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05-28-2016, 02:02 PM
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
All that clanking and clunking is the ship being crushed by tons and tons of water pressure. Thousands of pounds per square inch.
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05-28-2016, 03:22 PM
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 L'appel du vide Poster Rank:1194 Male Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 534 534Posts 1,085Thanked 75Quoted 2Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
Rose - take a deep breath and don't let go of my hand.  |
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06-02-2016, 09:48 PM
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
That's what I was thinking the whole way through, wait for it, wait for it....
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06-14-2016, 04:28 AM
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 Fuck WonderMomma Poster Rank:24 Your and idiot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 54,815 54,815Posts 74,215Thanked 31,797Quoted 162Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Video Shows The Sinking of MTS Oceanos
Never leave your life or your money in a Greek mans hands. They get all blustery about respect and honor yet deep down they are cowards and charlatans.
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