Don't talk to Alis about car ferry disasters. She was on this one at 14 years old and spent several hours in the water before being rescued.







The official figures were 25 deaths, but probably many more, on the Heleanna, a Greek ferry returning at the end of the August holidays. The captain turned away from the Italian coast to enter international waters in an effort to avoid Italian justice, and he was one of the first to abandon ship. The ship was carrying more than twice the number of passengers that it was licensed for and was lacking a lot of safety equipment. Some of the boats could not be lauched because the blocks and the falls had been painted over and were jammed.

Peter

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