Filipino sailor killed, 4 injured in Greek cruiser accident
CORFU, Greece – A Filipino sailor was killed and four other sailors injured Thursday in an accident on a cruise ship anchored in port on the Greek island of Corfu, port police said.
It occurred during a routine rescue drill when the ropes attaching a lifeboat to the cruise ship 'Astoria' broke, they said.
A 47-year-old Filipino in the lifeboat died immediately while another Filipino and three Ukrainians were hurt. Two have been hospitalized in Corfu.
Most of the 257 crew on board the Astoria, flying under a Bahamas flag, came from the Philippines and Ukraine, while the majority of the 374 passengers on board were German.
An inquiry is underway.
Agence France-Presse
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