Euroferry Olympia: The search for the 10 missing continues

With a small resurgence that occurred last night but was quickly brought under control, water drops continue today for a fifth day on the passenger car ferry “Euroferry Olympia“, which is located in the sea area of ​​Kassiopi north of Corfu.

During the day, inside the ship, the search operations will be repeated by EMAK rescue teams and specialized executives of the Dutch company Smit Salvage and the Greek Megatugs salvage towage, to locate the 10 missing persons.

The operation to locate the missing stopped yesterday, late in the afternoon, while inside the ship there are still small fires, and dense smoke, while extremely high temperatures prevail.

Bad conditions

In two of the decks of the ship, where EMAK teams operate with oxygen and special uniforms, the carbon dioxide exceeds 500 Ppm (unit of measurement of carbon dioxide). In fact, every operation that takes place can not last more than 30 minutes while visibility is very limited.

The ship, due to the changing weather conditions in the sea area, may be moved again to a safe place, while only when the fires are completely extinguished and the air inside is better, it will be taken to a commercial port, in order to be thoroughly investigated by experts.

At the place where the ship is today, there are two vessels of the Greek Navy, four tugs and a fire boat.

The fire has been burning for five days

The fire on the ship “Euroferry Olympia” broke out on the third deck in the early hours of Friday, February 18 in the sea area northeast of Ereikousa during the execution of its planned route from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi.

The rescued amount to 280 people, passengers and crew, 10 people are reported missing, while a 58-year-old driver was found dead.