Crown Iris cleared to sail for Haifa after Coast Guard divers find no explosive device at Syros

Greek authorities searched the cruise ship Crown Iris at the port of Syros on Tuesday 3 November after a bomb threat, and cleared it to continue to Haifa after nothing was found. This report draws on SKAI and eKathimerini (both part of the same media group), To Vima and in.gr (both part of Alter Ego Media), typika.gr, and Reuters (in copy published by The Straits Times). Greek-language reporting has been translated by Scopa's Realm. ## Update: ship cleared to sail for Haifa A team from the Coast Guard's Underwater Missions Unit inspected the ship's hull and found no explosive device, the Coast Guard said, SKAI, in.gr and typika.gr report. The passengers, who had been taken off as a precaution, re-boarded, and the ship was cleared to continue its scheduled voyage to Haifa, the reports say. ## The threat and first search An unknown person contacted the ship's captain by VHF radio and said an explosive device had been placed on the hull below the waterline, SKAI reports; the captain alerted the Syros port authority. The Panama-flagged ship, owned by Israeli cruise line Mano Maritime according to To Vima, had 940 passengers and 597 crew on board. A first search by Coast Guard officers, with an explosives-detection dog and a private diver, found nothing, SKAI, eKathimerini and Reuters report. A day earlier, Syros authorities had banned a planned protest by a left-wing group against the ship's visit, eKathimerini reports.