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'Steering Casualty' Injures Passengers On Cruise Ship
WCBS-TV News Reports ^ | 7/18/06 | WCBS-TV, WKMG-TV

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: crownprincess; cruiseship; frontpage
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1 posted on 07/18/2006 2:19:35 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: conservative in nyc

Hope that everyone is ok.


2 posted on 07/18/2006 2:21:01 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: conservative in nyc

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.


3 posted on 07/18/2006 2:21:43 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: mysterio

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


4 posted on 07/18/2006 2:22:12 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: conservative in nyc

A cruise to BROOKLYN?


5 posted on 07/18/2006 2:22:20 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: conservative in nyc

One of those big-uns?


6 posted on 07/18/2006 2:22:23 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: conservative in nyc

Seems there are a lot of problems with cruise ships lately. Or maybe they are just really hyped.


7 posted on 07/18/2006 2:23:54 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: conservative in nyc

Cruise to Brooklyn???

Taking all those Floriduhians back to their roots.


8 posted on 07/18/2006 2:24:57 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: conservative in nyc

Was a zodiac full of muslims seen speeding away?


9 posted on 07/18/2006 2:25:10 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: conservative in nyc
it started to list toward one direction

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.

10 posted on 07/18/2006 2:25:10 PM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "The time has come to take the bull by the tail and face the situation".)
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To: conservative in nyc

"a steering casualty."

Whatever that is?


11 posted on 07/18/2006 2:25:11 PM PDT by leadpenny
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A very big-un. The Crown is one of Princess' newer and larger ships.

A severe list like this no doubt required lots of changes of underwear.

Visions of the Poseidon Adventure.

12 posted on 07/18/2006 2:25:24 PM PDT by sinkspur (Today, we settled all family business.)
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the ship was headed to Brooklyn. All of a sudden, it started to list toward one direction.To port would be my guess.
13 posted on 07/18/2006 2:25:28 PM PDT by steveo (Fathers Against Rude Television: You may already be a member)
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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.


14 posted on 07/18/2006 2:25:43 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: capt. norm

LOL!


15 posted on 07/18/2006 2:25:59 PM PDT by cmsgop ( President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Must Purify Himself in The Waters of Lake Minnetonka)
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All of a sudden, it started to list toward one direction.

Gotta remember to fasten that little plug in the transom before you let her slip off the trailer...

16 posted on 07/18/2006 2:26:10 PM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
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A cruise to BROOKLYN?

Yes. They opened up a cruise ship port there this year or last. Believe it or not, that's where the QEII departs from when it calls port in New York.
17 posted on 07/18/2006 2:26:32 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
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But they said steering malfunction caused ship to list seriously to one side

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.

18 posted on 07/18/2006 2:26:41 PM PDT by Starboard
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LOL....good catch. Was listing astern with just the bow sticking out of the water?


19 posted on 07/18/2006 2:27:01 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: sinkspur

"A severe list like this no doubt required lots of changes of underwear."

Oh, the humanity!


20 posted on 07/18/2006 2:27:04 PM PDT by leadpenny
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