Sea Diamond Led Astray By Outdated Chart

摘要

Errors in an out-of-date chart were to blame for the sinking of the cruise ship Sea Diamond off the Greek island of Santorini on 5 April 2007, a survey has found. Two French passengers died when the Louis Hellenic Cruises-operated ship hit a reef.rnAfter conducting a seabed survey of the accident area, the Hydrographic Service of the Hellenic Navy, the official provider of chart data for Greek waters, discovered that the fatal reef was 131m from the shore and not 57m as shown on the chart used by the Sea Diamond's crew to approach the island. Atrnthe point of impact, the depth was only 5m, not 22m as shown on the chart.