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The captain and five of his crew from the Sea Diamond cruise ship have been charged following the ship's collision with a known and well-charted reef. The charges laid against the captain were "causing a shipwreck through negligence."

The captain was also charged with breaching international shipping safety regulations and polluting the environment stated a Merchant Marine ministry spokes woman. Along with the captains arrest and charge, five other sea officers were questioned but the spokeswoman did not confirm that they would also be charged. All six were set free and are expected to provide their testimony next week.

At the time of the crash the ship had been a few kilometers away from the dock under the spectacular cliffs that make Santorini one of Greece's top tourist destinations. The Sea Diamond was carrying 1,154 passengers and 391 crew members.

The former Birka Princess in 2005, now called M/S Sea Diamond

The damaged vessel was quickly evacuated in a 3 hour operation, but it failed to find Jean-Christophe Allain, 45, and his 16 year old daughter, Maud, both from the Doue la Fontaine state in western France.

A 3 day search and rescue has failed to find them with officials stating that a robot submarine would investigate the wreck, which is lying under 330 feet of water, in the following weeks. The panicked evacuation soon brought to the fore memories of the September 2000 Express Samina ferry shipwreck of the island of Paros, killing 80 people.

Yiannis Evangelou, the head of Greece's association of travel and tourist agencies, stated that: the Sea Diamond's rescue operation, which he watched from a nearby ferry, was ``exemplary.

The spokesman for the Cyprus based operator, Louis Cruise lines, read out a statement saying that the company was working closely with Greek investigators. Modèle:Quotation

The Sea Diamond, a 21 year old ship sank at the end of its four day cruise, which included visits to Rhodes, Patios, Crete and Mykonos islands. Officials at the Greek Tourism board went into damage control to lessen the impact on its industry which accounts for 18 percent of its GDP.

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