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Old 04-07-2007, 08:59 PM
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Default Cruise ship goes down in Greece - 2 missing

I've never been on a cruise, but stories like this one make it less likely...

Officers charged in cruise ship sinking

POSTED: 11:39 a.m. EDT, April 7, 2007
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• Captain and five officers of sunken Greek cruise ship charged with negligence
• Nearly 1,600 evacuated when ship sinks off Aegean island
• Two French passengers still not been accounted for


ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- The captain and five other senior crew members of a Greek-flagged cruise ship which ran aground and sank off an island in the Aegean Sea have been charged with negligence and violating international maritime rules.
Two French passengers were missing Saturday and an official in the prosecutor's office told CNN charges against the captain and crew could be upgraded if they are declared dead. (Watch as ship sinks off Greek island )
The Cyprus-owned Sea Diamond carried 1,153 passengers -- including 731 Americans -- and 391 crew when it ran aground on a rocky reef while trying to dock at harbor of the holiday island of Santorini. ...
Rest of story here -> http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe...hip/index.html
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Old 04-07-2007, 09:28 PM
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I'd be more scared of driving on an interstate than getting on a cruise ship.
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Old 04-07-2007, 10:22 PM
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Skip the cruise and go straight to Santorini, it's awesome.
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