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Passengers on the luxury Queen Mary 2 cruise ship are threatening to mutiny after the ship set sail from Florida with a damaged propeller. They have said they will refuse to disembark when the ship reaches Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week, to prevent it from continuing its journey. It has dropped three ports of call because it is running at reduced speed after the accident. Cunard Lines, which operates the ship, says it has offered compensation. On tow The world's largest liner is on a 38-day trip around South America. However it is running two days behind schedule,...

ST. NAZAIRE, France - A gangway on the world's largest cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, collapsed Saturday, killing 13 people and injuring 32. Most were workers and their families on a special tour of the nearly completed ship. Dozens of people were on the ramp at the time of the accident, which sent them plunging 50 feet to the ground and transformed the luxury liner into a horrifying scene of bodies entangled in wreckage. There was no immediate explanation of the cause of the collapse. An investigation was under way. The 21-story-tall ocean liner was dry-docked at an...