Aftermath
Captain Yiannis Avranas was accused by the passengers of leaving hundreds behind with no one other than the ship's onboard entertainers to help them evacuate. Avranas claimed that he left the ship first to arrange for a rescue effort, and then supervised the rescue from a helicopter. Avranas stated, "When I order abandon the ship, it doesn't matter what time I leave. Abandon is for everybody. If some people like to stay, they can stay."
A Greek board of inquiry found Avranas and four officers negligent in their handling of the disaster.
Epirotiki Lines had lost two other ships within the three years preceding the sinking: the company's flagship Pegasus only two months before, and the MTS Jupiter, three years before.
Dateline NBC aired a documentary of this incident on May 23, 2010. The sinking of the ship is the subject of a song called "Oceanos" by Celtic rock band COAST. The accident was also discussed in the April 18th, 2012 episode of Nova titled "Why Ships Sink", focusing mainly on the Costa Concordia accident and how it related to the Titanic. Moss Hills was interviewed in the special and related that some years later he was on board when the MS Achille Lauro sank (then named the StarLauro).
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