Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
Quebec Woman Sentenced to 7.5 Years for Smuggling Cocaine on Cruise Ship (USD 31 million)
A Quebec woman was sentenced Friday, November 3, to seven-and-a-half years behind bars for importing a large amount of cocaine into Australia...
November 4, 2017 - Accidents
Cruise Passenger Medevaced From Carnival Ship
A 69-year-old woman was medevaced from a Carnival cruise ship Wednesday morning after showing signs of heart attack, according to the U.S.C.G...
November 3, 2017 - Accidents
87-Year-Old Woman Medevaced From Viking Sky
The Coast Guard has medevaced an 87-year-old woman from a Viking Cruises ship 180 miles off Norfolk coast Monday night, October 31. Watchstanders at...
November 1, 2017 - Accidents
Celebrity Cruises Passengers Hit With Norovirus
Passengers onboard a Celebrity Cruises ship which left Sydney on Sunday, October 30, have been hit with an outbreak of gastro. Celebrity Solstice...
November 1, 2017 - Accidents
Handguns Found in Bin on P&O Ferry
Two handguns were found dumped in a toilet bin onboard the P&O ferry Spirit of Britain sailing from Calais to Dover. Ferry's cleaners discovered...
November 1, 2017 - Accidents
VIDEO: Cruise Ferry Catches Fire in Java Sea
Dharma Kencana II ferry with 114 passengers and about 40 vehicles onboard caught fire Sunday morning, October 29, in the middle of Java Sea, while en...
October 31, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Holland America Passengers Blocked by Chiapas Protest
Highway blockade in Chiapas on Friday, October 27, gained international notice. Around 1,000 passengers aboard Holland America's ship Eurodam...
October 29, 2017 - Accidents
VIDEO: Storm Causes Cruise Ship Crash
Watch a cruise ship breaking free of its restraints during a storm in the United States. It is then drifting over the waves within port. Having...
October 27, 2017 - Accidents
Fred Olsen Cruise Passenger Medevaced to the Canaries
A Spanish maritime rescue helicopter transported a cruise ship passenger to Lanzarote's hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack...
October 26, 2017 - Accidents
Coast Guard Rescues Passenger From Carnival Cruise Ship
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 31-year-old cruise passenger from a Carnival ship off the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Officials said in a news release...
October 25, 2017 - Accidents
P&O Cruises Ship Rescues African Migrants
A luxury P&O Cruises ship has taken a sharp 180 degree turn 30 mi off the south coast of Spain to rescue 10 migrants struggling on an inflatable...
October 24, 2017 - Accidents
Veendam Detours for Injured Passenger
MS Veendam has made an unexpected detour Saturday night after a 71-year-old cruise passenger badly fractured her wrist in a fall, according to the...
October 24, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Greece to Raise Sunken Cruise Ship
The government of Greece ordered the raising of a sunken cruise vessel that foundered off the island of Santorini 10 years ago, leaving 2 passengers...
October 22, 2017 - Accidents
Passenger Medevaced From Norwegian Cruise Ship
The U.S. Coast Guard has airlifted an ill passenger off a Norwegian cruise ship on Sunday, October 15, around 13 miles away from Atlantic City. In a...
October 17, 2017 - Accidents
8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Falling on Carnival Cruise Ship
An 8-year-old girl died yesterday, October 14, after falling from an interior atrium to a lower deck of a cruise ship, Miami-Dade Police Department...
October 15, 2017