Islanders demand removal of Santorini "pollution time bomb"

People living on the iconic Greek island of Santorini are demanding that the wreck of the Sea Diamond cruise liner be removed from their waters.
Two French tourists drowned after the luxury ship sank beneath Santorinis famous cliffs in April last year after the Captain mistakenly steered the ship onto rocks. The islanders regard her as a pollution time bomb after an underwater expedition discovered the restaurant was full of oil.

Malcolm Brabant reports from Piraeus,
Aston George Karahalios, Santorini Protest organizer

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• Santorini
• Sea
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• Louis
• Cruises
• pollution
• Malcolm
• Brabant

[Brabantfeatures]

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

[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.

[Minxii1997]

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

[yankee22167]

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