Cruise Ship's Black Box Found
"The incident was a result of human error - but so are 75% of all accidents at sea," said Giorgos Koubenis, a representative of the company that owns the Sea Diamond.
The recorder will most likely be lifted by using two remote control submarines.
A statement issued by the ministry stated, "On the orders of the Coast Guard, only mechanical means will be used to recover the date recorder so that it is delivered to the authorities, and it will not be touched by human hand."
Divers will retrieve the "black box" if mechanical recovery fails.
Nearly a 100 tons of oil have leaked from the luxury ship. Maritime officials are also using the to help find and secure the leak.
The Sea Diamond is resting on it's starboard side in a volcanic crater that is nearly 3,200 years old. It is very difficult to patch and control a leak for that depth.
Officials are still searching for two French citizens who went missing after the Greek cruise ship sank off the coast of f Santorini. The 45-year old man and his 16 year-old daughter were among the 1,153 passengers who were evacuated from the Sea Diamond.
The man's wife told Tourism Minister Fanny Palli Petralia that their cabin had started to take on water and that she(the wife) narrowly escaped. Petrali said the woman was "not sure whether her husband and daughter made it out because things happened so suddenly. Her other child was up on deck and was evacuated safely."
According to Louis Cruise Line there were 730 Americans, 112 Spaniards, 100 French citizens and a crew of 390 listed on the vessel. The evacuated passengers included a number of American school groups.
Six navy ships, helicopters, military transport planes, warships and at least a dozen other ships contributed to the rescue.Sources
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Great work. I'm glad to hear that they are trying to keep from tainting evidence of the truth.
Wow! I'm glad there weren't more casualties. Excellent article.
Good article. I think I'll stay away from cruise ships for a while. Not that I could afford to go on one in any case.
Seems to be alot of trouble with cruise ships this past year