Halfway through the voyage, while sailing south of the small rocky island of Falkonera, the aforementioned refrigerator truck which was carrying oranges and was either left unsecured or was loosely strapped started banging on the midship loading door which eventually gave in and opened with the result that the truck plummeted into the sea where it was found floating the next morning.
In 1966 the ferry SS Heraklion sank in the Aegean Sea and over 200 passengers and crew members perished.
Heraklion | Kastelli, Heraklion | Agia Varvara, Heraklion | SS Heraklion | Episkopi, Heraklion |