The ship was registered in Piraeus and of greek ownership,making cruises off South Africa.I don't know about the crew (as usually most are foreigners for cheap labour),but the Captain was Greek as must have also been at least an officer (either the 1st macchinist or the 2nd in comand or both) and their conduct was pure disgrace.The captain said the ship had lost comms ,so that's why he abbandoned the ship and stayed on the helicopter.It is a pathetic excuse,no captain should ever leave his ship when passengers are aboard.He could have sent his 2nd in command on the helicopter if he wanted to coordinate things.Disgusting.
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