In Lobster Aetolia-Acarnania arrived the Euroferry ship Olympia in order for the firefighters of EMAC to continue their search to locate the missing persons inside it. The relatives of the 10 missing people will stay in buildings near the port so that they are always on site at the investigation location.

However, this decision to transfer the ship to the Lobster has sparked reactions, with the relatives of the missing persons speaking of an unthinkable delay. Apostolos Lytras, a lawyer representing the family of one of the missing persons speaking to OPEN, commented that «from the moment the Belarusian man emerged alive from the ship It's unthinkable that the ship wouldn't go to Corfu and that we'd have to wait another 15–17 hours Let's see what happens. We haven't received no response »Why is there no answer? Instead of the ship heading to the nearest port, must the few hopes that remain be exhausted?" asked Mr. Lytras, making it clear that this approach wastes valuable time.

«Just think—these people were alive, and after those 15 hours, we ended up with 10 dead people,» he commented. Regarding the woman who stated Since she knows exactly where her husband's truck was, the lawyer commented that has not received a response from the authorities to see if they have reached that specific point.

Complaints about safety measures on board the ship – The fire extinguishers were not working

Five days after the fire that broke out in the Euroferry Olympia, complaints about non-existent safety measures continue. «It is given that safety measures there weren't any »And I'm amazed at how these ships pass their inspections,« commented Mr. Lytras. The allegations match the testimony given by 21-year-old Lekoros, who was rescued from the ship. »There are many parties responsible, and they come from many different agencies. That is a given. This is not the only ship in such a condition,” the lawyer pointed out.

They offered water and food to the drivers inside the trucks

In non-existent Her defense attorney also addressed the safety measures on board the ship family of the 58-year-old Greek man who was retrieved dead from the ship, John Marakakis. Speaking to OPEN, the lawyer referred to a «death trap» that was operating has been operating unchecked for many years. «This particular company attracted customers by offering very cheap tickets, crammed together all vehicles in the parking »and, through its policies, it encouraged all truck drivers to remain in their vehicles. Many times, they were offered water and food there, even if they had rented a cabin," he emphasized.

«This suited both the company and the drivers, since »Living conditions in the cabins were appalling" the lawyer added. The ferry companies companies are required to remove drivers from the parking lots, Mr. Marakakis said, and emphasized that the doors of vehicles They couldn't open it since one of them was stuck to the other. «Someone should have had the strength to break the windshield,» he argued.

«The people stayed They were trapped, and the ship's crew fled to save themselves. The company The day before, he had undergone a surprise inspection. There weren't any fire extinguishers, there weren't any rescue equipment, there wasn't alarm »to notify the people the company knew were sleeping in the trucks," said Mr. Marakakis.

21-year-old Belarusian: They asked me to stay in the truck

Revealing regarding the situation that prevailed in fateful vessel and the responsibilities that fall on the company There is also the 21-year-old's supplementary statement Belarusian driver who survived the burning vessel. The 21-year-old made very serious allegations, claiming that:

when he parked the truck of the garage the ship, its crew gave the instruction to stay in his car
a few minutes later, other trucks had parked next to his vehicle, and his doors wouldn't open
was the first time where was traveling with this particular boat and assumed that this was company policy, so he stayed in the vehicle as well
when managed to to get out of the car at that time fire search fire extinguishers. But none of the four he found were working.

Ο A 21-year-old scored that with his cell phone telephone has record many images and Video through the burning vessel, which are expected to play an important role in case file.