Posted on 07/18/2006 2:19:33 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
Edited on 07/18/2006 2:48:03 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
POSTED: 4:59 pm EDT July 18, 2006
UPDATED: 5:12 pm EDT July 18, 2006
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A cruise ship took a heavy roll at sea, injuring several passengers, according to Coast Guard officials at Port Canaveral.
The Coast Guard did not report how many degrees the ship Crown Princess rolled before it righted itself. Officials only said that the ship experienced what it called "a steering casualty."
Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer James Judge said he didn't know how many people were hurt or how serious any of the injuries were.
The cruise ship is heading back to port.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Hope that everyone is ok.
Local news in Jacksonville just covered it. No link. But they said steering malfunction caused ship to list seriously to one side and some passengers had been injured. Ship on way back to port.
It sounds like there may be some injuries. I've asked the mods to replace the post with this article:
http://www.local6.com/news/9537249/detail.html
A cruise to BROOKLYN?
One of those big-uns?
Seems there are a lot of problems with cruise ships lately. Or maybe they are just really hyped.
Cruise to Brooklyn???
Taking all those Floriduhians back to their roots.
Was a zodiac full of muslims seen speeding away?
Every ship I have ever operated (or been on) was only capable of listing toward one direction. Listing in two or more directions is called "sinking".
I guess we have government-educated reporters giving us this information.
"a steering casualty."
Whatever that is?
A severe list like this no doubt required lots of changes of underwear.
Visions of the Poseidon Adventure.
OMG!! "before the ship righted itself"....Geesh....THAT"S scary!! Crown Princess is a big ship....it said "a steering casualty" was the problem....wonder what that means.
LOL!
Gotta remember to fasten that little plug in the transom before you let her slip off the trailer...
I don't see how this could be. Maybe the sterring is disabled due to damage, but just losing steering would not cause the ship to list.
LOL....good catch. Was listing astern with just the bow sticking out of the water?
"A severe list like this no doubt required lots of changes of underwear."
Oh, the humanity!
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