common sense wrote:Talking about 500 dead now. Terrible.
It is a horrific tragedy. I'm finding the refusal of help from the Greeks quite believable, they’d avoid that until fearing for their lives. Then, I think, it probably all happened too fast. It would take only seconds to capsise. Then everyone on deck is swimming, if they can, and 90% of the people below are trapped, if not permanently, for too long to make it to an exit as the water rushed in. Greek ‘rescuers’ have been put in a difficult position by the Greek government. Migrant boats are probably at least wary of them. Bottom line, the people who organise this are 100% to blame. That fishing boat probably normally carries 10-15 crew. It might be safe with 100 passengers who could travel in the hold. Just to put my view on the overloading.