Word: heraklion
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Eventually, however, the gods smiled on the ambitious endeavor. The rosy- fingered dawn that broke over the Greek air force base at Heraklion last Saturday was accompanied by only the merest zephyrs, perfect flight weather for Daedalus. Temperatures were mild, in the high 60s, ensuring that Kanellopoulos would not burn himself out during the long flight. By 3 a.m., most members of the team were awake. Some made last-minute checks of the weather, while others gently assembled the spindly pink-silver-and-white plane and carried it to the runway. At 7:06 Kanellopoulos eased his 156-lb. frame...
Lebanese jet fighters scrambled after the slow propeller-driven Martin, but it managed to escape them. Finally, after flying an erratic course over the Mediterranean, the plane was forced to make a landing to refuel at Heraklion airport in Crete. There, police at once arrested the five men aboard, including the pilot, former U.S. Air Force Lieut. Colonel John Moore, 50, and Copilot Philip Amos, 30. Crete police also seized 13 bags of hashish worth about $4,000,000 on the American market...
...ancient Greeks dreaded the sudden squalls of the wine-dark Aegean Sea, where even the mighty Odysseus was sometimes washed overboard during his voyages. Modern Greeks are less superstitious. Despite gale warnings one evening last week, Captain Emmanuel Vernikos, 50, decided not to delay the departure of the Heraklion, his 8,900-ton auto-and-passenger ferry on its scheduled thrice-weekly 190-mile crossing from the Cretan city of Canea to Piraeus, Athens' port on the Greek mainland...
...enough, they did, cascading into the ship's sides. Worst of all, a huge 16-ton trailer truck was improperly parked by the bow exit. Each time the ship pitched, it rammed against the door. Finally, the door gave way and in spilled the Aegean waters. Radioed the Heraklion: "S O S. We are sinking...
Passengers and crewmen threw themselves into the sea. Only a few had life jackets; the others clung to debris or quickly drowned. Within 15 minutes, the Heraklion sank, taking the captain with...
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