Islanders demand removal of Santorini "pollution time bomb"

[KISSbuttplugs]

i'd dive that

[NorthernKaled]

it would be best to remove the oil and other pollutants, but raising the ship seems unecessary. 

[Hubieee]

I would like to see being raised, you could even make a museum out of her... never saw a sunken ship being raised again (except this mighty servant II)

[GunShooter1314]

depends, if it ran around the the hole would prolly be on the side and bottom so they prolly couldnt patch the hole there, also if it rolled down a hill as it sank the there would be alot of holes



[SuperTitanicfreak]

I don't care what you say, what any of you say, leave the Sea Diamond rest in peace.

[jackthayer]

i say leave the shipwreck be i mean in the future people can look towards this ship in awe on how ships were in the past its like a time capsule

[adams5499]

i say raise it it dont look that bad how big the gash ?

[timevinfire101]

There it stand like a Ghost ship.

[yankee22167]

They will make millions from divers......thats a divers dream.....

[SuperTitanicfreak]

What is their problem? those insenitive assholes! Leave the Sea Diamond be.

[Minxii1997]

@SuperTitanicfreak oil and a lot of other shit is still stuck in her

[77elvistheking]

Its in bad condition for its time in the sea.Dont forget that the video wasnt much time after the sinking.

T sto diaolo re paidi mou

[inufandom]

@77elvistheking well, not really, if you think about it. she capsized right before disappearing under the waves, and litterally rolled down the slope of the caldera to where she rests now.

[94sealover]

0:27-0:46-Australian accent?

[amunrey]

I've been to Santorini many times, and it's an incredible island filled with history. I'd hate to see the water, etc., polluted by neglect.

[menge1928]

Why is Telly Savalas involved in this?

[AlwaysWishing1983]

I have an off topic question!! at 1:17 what's going on? A Festival or something? Just wondering. I have a horse so this caught my attention. : )

[russiapower345]

@AlwaysWishing1983 it's a beach in santorini way down a hill which you can access it by donkey

[cornishrob123]

use it as a dive centre

[Abricialio]

Raise the MV Sea Diamond!

[KlunkerRider]

Take it away?, WTF are they stupid? they should be marketing it as a primier diving attraction. A salvage company can pump the fuel oil out of the tanks but the ship itself is there to stay and extreme diving on wrecks is a big draw to divers.

[AerialRcoet]

@KlunkerRider just what i was thinking

[markhellstone]

@imissda80s you dont know anything about ships, do you?

[jackthayer]

what they forget is by removing the ship we take away something more than just another wreck in the future our childrens children and their children will no doubt travel on even more advance cruises ships like these are like time capsules by taking them away we deprive our children of a learning experience so they can study this ship and see what cruising was like for us much like how we learn from the titanic

[tails12993]

all wrecks where people have died should be left where they are

[tupsumato]

@tails12993, does this include car wrecks, crashed planes and burned buildings as well?

[tails12993]

@tupsumato i ment sunken wrecks

[tupsumato]

@tails12993, why should they be treated different than, say, a plane wreck?

[tails12993]

@tupsumato because if its underwater its not damaging peoples land thats y

[GGA44]

that's creepy to look at

[HeppaArakarunner13]

I was supposed to be on that ship..

[gerard12668]

they should have beach her before she sank and then repair the hole and pumb out the water and maybe she would sail again.....I hope they do raise her so I can see it again

[EllinonEnosis]

@gerard12668

If a ship is sunk then they get money from the insurance. If a ship is beached then they dont get payed...

[mariusV008]

maybe that priest pray more and belive so , God will raise that ship to surface... lol :))

[mattmontgomer16]

is it still down there

[sweetheart2109]

according to article I read that the port authoy of santorini would hired a salvge company if Louis cruise line would not meet their demands.

[sweetheart2109]

probably not anymore. I heard something a bidding war to raise the ship. I bet if they could raise the ship clean out all the toxic oil and all the other toxics. They could get it running again.

[tupsumato]

@sweetheart2109, pretty unlikely that anything apart from scrapping would be done. Too expensive.

[meringandan]

@sweetheart2109 not with the water damage it would be too costly.

[vilma8989]

hon är iaf vacker :)

[DONNHATE]

i think the island of santoini needs to be sued for not marking dangers in the water..they  say its a tourists island,,but thay can't keep the ships safe...wtf!!

[kwkiller]

According to what I had read, it was a well known, and well marked reef.

[DONNHATE]

dont know..the ship has 40 eyes driving it,,someone should of seen something..

[Kyatisback14]

i saw that ship sink on santoini

[harshLesson]

HYDROCONIUS MAXIMUS DICKUS

[arrechavengo]

dickakis suckalotopoulos!

[tupsumato]

I wish there was more underwater footage.

[crystalscan2002]

the oil in resturant wsa prob the "cooking gas in the gas stove" i wonder if there is any food still in the resturant :D

[crystalscan2002]

that ship looks in bad shape, they should raise it

[cruisesstar22]

I want to see if they do pull it out that would be tight

[WamsWarrior]

It would cost to much to raise. She's been underwater for 2 years.

[WamsWarrior]

Does anyone know why the fuel oil would back up through out the ship? Isn't it in protective tanks?

[loooooolll]

I was on this ship! lol bad times x

[ActiveWorldsLunitic]

Man, that really sux... that was a cool looking ship...

i wonder how much it'd cost for Louis to repair SD if they raised it...

[geofx09]

this ship cant be repaired..every ship is under the water generaly

[WamsWarrior]

It is much cheaper to take the fuel and oil out then raise the ship.

[Brabantfeatures]

If you check my reporting at the time, you will find this was one of the questions we were asking!

[gerard12668]

why didn't they beach the ship and then repaired it. What a waste.