An unspeakable tragedy occurred on Tuesday night at port of Piraeus with a 36-year-old latecomer trying to board the ‘Blue Horizon’ and two crew members pushing him off the ship as it continued its disembarkation procedures! Initial reports said a 36-year-old man jumped into the ship, fell into the sea and drowned.
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The ship was ready for departure from the port of Piraeus bound for the port of Heraklion, Crete. A man was trying to board the ship while the crew of the Blue Horizon had untied the hulls. The latecomer caught up and climbed onto the catapult of the ship which had not yet left the wharf. And while the 36-year-old man managed to climb the ship’s catapult, two people from the Blue Horizon crew pushed him out of the ship which was continuing the departure procedures! The unfortunate man was trying to stay on the catapult and enter the ship to travel to Heraklion, but the two crewmen pushed him violently again to throw him off the catapult and off the ship. The man’s effort proved futile, the two large crew members succeeded and pushed him to the limits of the catapult, the part of which rests against the jib is retractable.The man lost his balance and fell into the sea, in the wake of the main engines of the large passenger ferry being put into operation for the departure. The man fought the waves, while it remains unknown whether he hit his head or another part of his body, falling from the catapult into the sea. A short time later, he was recovered dead while the Blue Horizon ship sailed to Heraklion as if nothing had happened.
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“We inform the passengers that the delay of the ship’s departure is due to an incident that took place in the port of Piraeus. The ship has no responsibility for the incident. Thank you for your understanding’ was the message the ship’s passengers received as the ‘Blue Horizon’ was only a few meters away from the pier.
The “Blue Horizon” was to set sail for the port of Heraklion, Crete with 550 passengers.
The ship returns to Piraeus
By order of the prosecutor and the central port master of Piraeus, the “Blue Horizon” returned to the port of Piraeus in order to take statements from all those involved in the unprecedented accident with a young person as a victim. After the completion of the deposit taking process, the Blue Star passenger ferry is expected to set sail for Heraklion, Crete. The central harbor master of Piraeus Spyros Evaggelidis is at the scene of the tragedy from the first moment, coordinating the investigations. Coast Guard officers will also collect all available visual material in order to reconstruct the circumstances of the tragedy. The eyewitnesses, passengers of the ship, will also be investigated, in order to clarify whether the unfortunate man had time to board the departing ship or fell from the ship’s catapult under other circumstances.
The announcement of the Coast Guard about the tragedy
“Fall of a man in the port of Piraeus during the departure of the E/Γ-O/Γ “BLUE HORIZON”. He was recovered unconscious and taken to the Nice State General Hospital. The ship returns to Piraeus” states the relevant statement of the Coast Guard.
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