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Cruise Ship Off Florida Tips to Side, Injuring 93

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Cruise Ship Off Florida Tips to Side, Injuring 93

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — A month-old cruise ship suddenly lurched to its side Tuesday and sent terrified passengers flying, leaving 93 people injured, including two critically, authorities said.

The Crown Princess, a 113,000-ton vessel that can hold about 3,000 passengers and 1,200 crew members, was approximately 11 miles out of Port Canaveral and headed for New York when it listed sharply to the left at about 3:40 p.m., witnesses and officials said. The ship then righted itself before returning to port, where the Coast Guard said all passengers and crew had been accounted for.

Petty Officer James Judge, a Coast Guard spokesman, said the ship had reported problems with its steering apparatus.

Capt. Jim Watson, spokesman for the Cape Canaveral Fire Department, said at least two people were critically hurt, including a young girl. Thirty-three people were taken to hospitals, he said.

Some passengers suffered fractures and bruises and "some more serious than that," said Julie Benson, spokeswoman for Princess Cruise Lines, which owns the ship.

Passenger Tom Daus, 32, said he was sunbathing on the upper deck when the ship suddenly rolled.

"It became very disastrous because … tables, glasses, lounge chairs went flying," Daus said. "I was just holding on for dear life onto the banister of the ship."

Daus, of Brooklyn, N.Y., said several of the decks were flooded and the elevators were not working. "The water came gushing out of the pool like a mini-tsunami," he said. "It was really scary. People who were in the pool were shoved out."

Bonnie Storie, 50, of Rochester, N.Y., traveling with her husband and son, said it felt like the ship "was going to fall over. It was shocking."

The 950-foot ship was christened last month in New York and was on its fourth voyage. It sailed out of New York on a nine-day western Caribbean itinerary. Port Canaveral was its last port of call before returning to New York.

At Port Canaveral, Brevard County Sheriff Jack Parker said that the cruise had been canceled and that the boat would probably be in port three to four days for an investigation.

Officials said they thought the ship was nearly full.

Posted 7/19/06 7:29 PM
 
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Re: Cruise Ship Off Florida Tips to Side, Injuring 93

Chat Icon I can't believe that a brand new ship can run into such a major problem already!

Posted 7/19/06 7:44 PM
 

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Re: Cruise Ship Off Florida Tips to Side, Injuring 93

We just got home from our HM on a cruise (NCL not Princess) its so scary to think that something like that could actually happen. I feel so bad for those passengers. That must have been a horrifying experience!

Posted 7/19/06 8:11 PM
 

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one of the attorneys that my mom works for, his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren were on the ship!! They got so freaked out that instead of staying on the ship back to NY they flew back!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 7/19/06 8:27 PM
 

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one of the attorneys that my mom works for, his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren were on the ship!! They got so freaked out that instead of staying on the ship back to NY they flew back!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon



OMG!!! I dont blame them. I'd be on the next flight back as well.

The entire pool got emptied.

Scariest thing about the new ships, their steared with a mouse. My boss just did a cruise inspection and tour and she said it's all computerized.

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Posted 7/19/06 8:39 PM
 

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one of the attorneys that my mom works for, his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren were on the ship!! They got so freaked out that instead of staying on the ship back to NY they flew back!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon



LOL They didn't have a choice but to get off and fly home the cruise ended in Florida and everyone had to make their own way home- the ship was going sailing back to NY without any passengers. They were only given the option of staying onboard overnight until they could make other arrangements.

This is not the first time that this has happened - something similar happened with the Dawn Princess back in Feb. when they made a 180 turn to return to port for a passenger emergency.

They think it was a computer cliche.

This same list has also happened on other cruise lines in the past as well - I think one was a NCL ship back in 01 -

If anyone is interested there is a long thread on this topic with comments by people who were actually on the ship when it happened at cruisecritic.

We are sailing on her in Nov.

Message edited 7/20/2006 6:32:15 AM.

Posted 7/20/06 6:31 AM
 

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Re: Cruise Ship Off Florida Tips to Side, Injuring 93

I am set to sail on this boat the end of August. It is kind of freaking me out ALOT.

Posted 7/20/06 8:12 AM
 

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Re: Cruise Ship Off Florida Tips to Side, Injuring 93

We just got off our cruise (Carnival), the Crown Princess was right next to us in Grand Turk. My aunt made a comment that she wanted to go on that boat next.

Posted 7/20/06 8:47 AM
 
 

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