Moment luxury 150ft megayacht with five wealthy tourists on board starts sinking off Greek holiday island after crew 'left a side door open' on £180,000-a-week vessel

This is nan terrifying infinitesimal a stunning Italian superyacht started sinking disconnected an idyllic Greek vacation land aft a personnel of nan unit near a broadside doorway open.

The 150ft megayacht 'Ethos', mounting renters backmost a whopping £180,000-a-week, was seen taking successful h2o disconnected nan seashore of Kefalonia while successful the Paleokaravo Bay.

A diver was called successful to scout section reefs arsenic guards proceed to show efforts to retrieve nan yacht aft it ran aground successful Evretis Bay, wherever it was anchored. 

But it was later revealed nan inflow came aft 1 of nan unit near a broadside doorway unfastened - and did not person clip to adjacent it erstwhile nan upwind 'turned', section media reports.

The 5 visitors aboard person safely disembarked pinch nan 5 unit connected board, belonging to yacht's edifice staff, Protothema reported today.

The award-winning Maltese-flagged yacht is rented retired to up to 12 guests looking for a 'relaxed' charter experience.

It boasts 5 cabins, an onboard gym, platform jacuzzi and pitchy skis, promising guests 'exceptional comfortableness levels astatine anchor aliases erstwhile underway'.

Shocking footage showed nan alloy disconnected equilibrium connected nan bluish waters astir Kefalonia, a celebrated land successful nan Ionian Sea known arsenic nan mounting for Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

A backstage boat, shown successful nan footage, was reported to beryllium astatine nan segment arsenic habour guards monitored nan situation.

Waves are seen lashing astatine nan stern of nan yacht, now immoderate region from nan shoreline.

The origin of nan incident is yet to beryllium determined, section outlet Protothema reports.

But nan information systems connected committee are reported to person worked.

Water seeping into nan alloy was besides claimed to person 'been depleted' without intervention.

The stunning yacht, built successful 2014, is disposable for backstage charter, inviting guests to bask a 'warm and welcoming' ambiance arsenic they soak up nan Greek sun.

The alloy boasts room for 12 guests and 9 staff, pinch 12 beds connected committee divided betwixt a maestro suite and 2 VIP cabins.

A 'beach club', sauna and gym are built successful for guests to unwind successful bid connected their holidays.

This comes astatine a costs of £150,000 a week - positive expenses - up to £180,000 successful precocious season.

Five British visitors had to beryllium rescued from their burning 21ft centrifugal vessel disconnected nan seashore of nan Greek land of Zakynthos past August aft it erupted into flames.

One of nan passengers reportedly suffered burns erstwhile nan trade caught occurrence immoderate 250 feet from shore. 

It is unclear what triggered nan blaze, but nan flames quickly engulfed nan 21ft craft, earlier nan alloy was wholly flooded by nan inferno.

Footage showed immense achromatic plumes of fume billowing from nan wreckage of nan vessel arsenic rescue teams waded successful to lend assistance.

Only 2 months prior, British holidaymakers had to beryllium rescued from a burning vessel aft it went up successful flames disconnected nan land of Rhodes.

British holidaymakers were connected committee arsenic nan inferno engulfed nan full vessel aft a occurrence collapsed retired astir 300 metres from Stenga formation successful nan municipality of Archangelos. 

Passengers told of really they were forced to make nan plunge into nan h2o beneath arsenic nan full woody platform started to drawback occurrence wherever they were standing.

The Greek seashore defender said each 82 passengers were yet taken to land, but witnesses said children were still near 'traumatised' by nan horrifying ordeal.