Captain Leaves Sinking Cruise Ship

Onboard the sinking Oceanos this did not happen.

Captain leaves sinking cruise ship. A investigation into the sinking of the expedition cruise ship Explorer in Antarctic waters places the blame squarely on the vessels captain who was making his first voyage in the area. Can a captain leave a sinking ship. 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 dishonor that attends such a too- hasty abandonment.

More recently Captain Yianis Avranas left his stricken cruise ship the Oceanos as it was sinking off the coast. Captain Francesco Schettino was detained yesterday on suspicion of multiple manslaughter after the boat ran aground off the Tuscan coast. Or at least the captain is the last to leave a sinking vessel.

The most famous perhaps is the captain of the Titanic EJ. I find it very hard to understand how any captain under such dire. I cant lift my face before the passengers and family members.

Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino leaves after a session of the trial in the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster on April 15 2013 in Grossetto. A video has emerged allegedly showing the captain of the Costa Concordia ship preparing to leave the sinking cruise liner while hundreds of passengers were still on board. But not on the Costa Concordia.

One of the most shocking cruise ship facts is a jail cell hidden away at the bottom of the vessel in the crew areas. The masters actions during the sinking of the Oceanos raised a number of questions. The captain of the capsized Italian cruise ship has insisted he was last to leave the sinking ship as he gave his account of the disaster.

In 1991 Yiannis Avranas the captain of a Greek cruise liner was also strongly criticised after leaving the ship as it started to sink off the South African coast. Passengers aboard the stricken Costa cruise ship say that they observed Italian Master Francesco Schettino draped in a blanket aboard a lifeboat heading to safety as the vessels crew and passengers struggled for their lives. Lee Jun-Seok who was one of the first to flee from the ferry as it sank on Wednesday.