Achille Lauro Sinks, Survivors Head Home

As the scorched Achille Lauro sank Friday into the Indian Ocean, a surviving passenger blamed the crew for dropping inflatable rafts on top of a crowded lifeboat, injuring one man who later died.

The victim was one of two elderly passengers who died as a result of the fire on the Italian luxury liner. The 979 passengers and crew who survived were headed for three African and Middle Eastern ports aboard 10 rescue vessels, including freighters and U.S. warships. They abandoned the blazing ship Wednesday.