Towboat Incident last night under investigation

[ceejilly]

Incident last night on Journey under investigation. 

Towboat sank off Patmos whilst assisting Aza Journey leave the port. 48 yr old captain died having been retrieved by private diver. 
Other crew person swam away. 
Currently waiting clearance from Port Authority to leave Patmos. 
See link to local press. 

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1196283/towboat-captain-dies-when-vessel-sinks/

 

 

[Travels with Lisa]

6 hours ago, ceejilly said:

Incident last night on Journey under investigation. 

Towboat sank off Patmos whilst assisting Aza Journey leave the port. 48 yr old captain died having been retrieved by private diver. 
Other crew person swam away. 
Currently waiting clearance from Port Authority to leave Patmos. 
See link to local press. 

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1196283/towboat-captain-dies-when-vessel-sinks/

 

 

How awful.  

[uktog]

Are you still in Patmos or is the ship cleared to move to its next port. 
Such an awful situation for both those on the bridge seeing it happen and all ashore affected 

[andrcan]

8 minutes ago, uktog said:

Are you still in Patmos or is the ship cleared to move to its next port. 
Such an awful situation for both those on the bridge seeing it happen and all ashore affected 

Vesselfinder shows they are still in Patmos just off the port: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9200940

Such a tragedy 😞

 

 

 

[uktog]

11 minutes ago, andrcan said:

Vesselfinder shows they are still in Patmos just off the port: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9200940

Such a tragedy 😞

 

 

 

The Captain onboard is Greek so they would have had the benefit of his native language skills right from the off

[Shadow5501]

I am currently on the Journey. As of 18:15 on Saturday 22 October the ship is still anchored in Patmos harbor with no announced departure time.

 

Passengers and crew have been provided essentially no information. At approx. 07:30 on 22 October the captain made an announcement that the crew was cooperating with investigations into the sinking and he expected to complete this task and depart soon. Five hours later the captain made another announcement that the investigation was continuing and the ship would depart when it was complete. No estimated timeline was provided . There has been no information provided since.

 

As one would expect, rumors are running rampant, along with humor of questionable taste. All passengers and crew are fine, though a “sea day” anchored in the harbor is more than a bit dull. Passengers have not been permitted off the ship since the accident last evening.

[uktog]

4 minutes ago, Shadow5501 said:

I am currently on the Journey. As of 18:15 on Saturday 22 October the ship is still anchored in Patmos harbor with no announced departure time.

 

Passengers and crew have been provided essentially no information. At approx. 07:30 on 22 October the captain made an announcement that the crew was cooperating with investigations into the sinking and he expected to complete this task and depart soon. Five hours later the captain made another announcement that the investigation was continuing and the ship would depart when it was complete. No estimated timeline was provided . There has been no information provided since.

 

As one would expect, rumors are running rampant, along with humor of questionable taste. All passengers and crew are fine, though a “sea day” anchored in the harbor is more than a bit dull. Passengers have not been permitted off the ship since the accident last evening.

Thank you for the update. I suspect what information can be given is subject to external controls right now. 
Hopefully it’s a sunny day and the bars are well stocked so you can have a pleasant day regardless 

[CruiseFan94]

Greek press is reporting that the Azamara Journey made the tugboat sink so possibly the captain is questioned about the incident and since ongoing investigation is taking place clearance for the ship cannot be given... Either it was tugboat's commander's fault, your captain's fault or a malfuctioning on the systems of Journey, one person ended up dead so the situation right now is very serious.

[ceejilly]

There is strange atmosphere on board, staff doing a good job keeping guests entertained, though no information coming our way.

Santorini tomorrow but that could be in doubt.

There seems that the Greek press are pointing the finger at the ship which could be the reason that we are not allowed on shore for obvious reasons 

[aussie travel bird]

5 hours ago, andrcan said:

Vesselfinder shows they are still in Patmos just off the port: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9200940

Such a tragedy 😞

 

 

 

It now appears underway and on route to Santorini.