Ferry Captain and Officer Convicted in Drowning Death of Late Passenger

A jury in Piraeus, Greece found the captain and first officer of an interisland ferry guilty in a tragic 2023 case where a late arriving passenger was pushed to his death as a ferry departed port. The court rejected claims of a spontaneous action while prosecutors argued nothing was done to save the victim and the ferry kept sailing.

The incident in which a 36-year-old male passenger was pushed from the car ramp on the departing ferry Blue Horizon caused national outrage in Greece after videos began circulating on social media. The stern ramp on the ferry was still down, a violation of maritime protocols, and four crewmembers were standing there as Antonis Kargiotis came running up and jumped…