The captain leaves the ship (2 photos) Bashny.Net

Everyone is familiar with the fact that traditionally the captain leaves the ship remains on the last or the dying ship and die with him. What thoughts go to the bottom of these brave people we'll never know, but it will always admire their courage and self-control. However, history has known cases where the captains of the ships first with the team, regardless of the schedule for the boat alarm, leave the ship in distress.





August 28, 1971 at 6.20 am Greek ferry Heleanna transmitted a signal SOS, with exact coordinates and asking for help.
The fact that at 5.30 in the galley the gas cylinder explosion, and fire began to spread rapidly. Team aimlessly running around the decks, making no attempt to locate and extinguish the fire. Passengers no one warned them of this danger, all peacefully asleep in their cabins.
It was not until nearly an hour after the start of PE Captain Demetrios Antipas gives the command to give a signal of distress. 7.15 in the middle part of the whole hour ferry on fire. People, choking smoke, panic rushing on deck. Neither the captain nor the officers of the vessel is not doing anything to rescue the passengers. Passengers can start their own lower the boats on the water, but the rusty blocks and wedges - a few boats flipped. Of the twelve, only four had been lowered into the water.
Many jump overboard to escape the flames. Not enough lifeboats for everyone, because, despite the fact that transformed for passenger old tanker could take on board, according to the ship's certificate of 620 passengers, the captain, in the pursuit of profit was carrying 1,187 people.
Only 8.30 captain ordered the abandonment of the vessel, taking care of the boat for himself and the team while the sea was full of drowning, crazed with fear of people.
The accident occurred in the area of ​​heavy traffic, and more than 400 vessels had people in distress as a result, a large number of victims managed to escape: 36 people were killed, hundreds were injured. If the captain gave the order to abandon ship 2 hours later, the crew made smoothly evacuation of passengers, the size of the disaster were measured only loss of the vessel.
In this criminal behavior Demetrios Antipas has not ended. Charged with first-degree murder of Captain police arrested him at a time when he was going to secretly leave Italy at the other Greek ferry.
The investigation established that a passenger ferry Heleanna no doldzhen was to go to sea, and was subject to statement on the overhaul. Lifejackets
absent in the proper amount. Fire protection systems were not working. The team did not have the skills to fight the fire.

A similar case occurred not so long ago, February 3, 2006 in the Red Sea. Egyptian sea ferry Salaam 98 came from the Saudi port of Duba and headed in the direction of Egypt. After just 90 Minty the voyage, the captain ordered the passengers to climb on deck. Sailors ran, unwinding fire hoses.
Despite the fire captain decided to continue the journey. To Egypt was about 200 miles away and the outlet port 40. The fire was extinguished just over two and a half hours, but an explosion in the holds of the breach, and the ship began to tilt. The ferry sank 62 miles off the Egyptian port of Safaga. Helicopters arrived on the scene after a couple of hours after Salaam 98 disappeared from the radar discovered the bodies of people and wreck.
Managed to save 376 people from 1408 nahodishsya and board at the time of the tragedy. Captain, despite instructions not filed a distress signal, and left the ship one of the first, knowing that the bank will lead to the loss of the vessel. Currently, the captain is considered missing. The ship owner was sentenced to seven years in prison.