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The plane with its macabre load rolls in at Athens airport.


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Two cases containing the coffins are unloaded and taken through customs.


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The coffins being put on hearses.


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Wreaths coming down from church's stairs.


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Merchant Marine Minster Adrianopoulos and other Cabinet members leave church to follow the funeral procession.


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Various shots of victims' parents and relatives crying.


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The coffins come out of the church and being loaded on the hearses.


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Crowds following the procession.


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General view of the procession and the crowds passing before.




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Background: The bodies of 26 crew members of the Greek tanker "World Harmony" - killed in a Dec. 14 collision with a Yugoslav tanker and a Turkish passenger ship in the Bosphorus off Istanbul-were flown back to Athens Dec. 28 and driven to Piraeus for a State funeral.

In the presence of Greek Government members, Merchant Marine Minister Adrianopoulos, and thousands of relatives and friends of the victims, a religious service was held over the coffins in St. Nicholas' Church, Piraeus.

Afterwards, the coffins were taken in ceremonial procession through he streets to be buried in the maritime cemetery.