Cruise news (accident-tagged)

Pacific Eden - the 'Floating Disaster'
After 60 of the 1,500 people onboard the P&O Pacific Eden were struck down with gastroenteritis, angry cruise passengers described the vessel...
December 29, 2015
Accidents
Veendam Hit with Gastrointestinal Illness
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) stated that 57 out of 1429 passengers (4%) and 10 of 588 crew members (1.7%) had been...
December 27, 2015
Accidents
Star Pride Runs Aground in Panama
Windstar's ship Star Pride experienced grounding on December 22, at 6:15 a.m. CST, while coming into anchor at Isla de Coiba, Panama. All passengers...
December 23, 2015
Accidents
Royal Caribbean ship struck by wild weather and gastro outbreak
Passengers planning to enjoy a 14-day voyage instead had to contend with wild weather and a gastro outbreak, with 182 cases of gastroenteritis...
December 17, 2015
Accidents
Passenger Overboard From Saga Cruise Ship
The World of Cruising reported that a cruise passenger from Saga Sapphire had gone overboard from the ship while the vessel had been...
December 14, 2015
Accidents
Fake Doctor Working Aboard AIDA Cruise Ships
Newspapers in Norway and Germany reported that the police in Berlin has arrested a cruise ship employee impersonating a doctor. In an article...
December 7, 2015
Accidents
Bus Crash Kills Two Cruise Ship Passengers in Tortola
Two cruise ship passengers were killed and 16 others injured when a tour bus crashed in Tortola BVI yesterday (December 6). The accident on Sunday...
December 7, 2015
Accidents
Grand Princess Changes Itinerary Due to Onboard Fire
A fire on Grand Princess caused the Princess Cruises' ship to lose power and skip her next call port in Hawaii. According to the cruise...
December 1, 2015
Accidents
Freak Wave Strikes MSC Ship Leaving Two Injured
Three passengers have been injured when a “freak wave” struck the side of MSC Divina. In a statement, MSC Cruises said the accident...
November 29, 2015
Accidents
Fire on Le Boreal Causes Evacuation
An engine fire on the Ponant-owned luxury cruise yacht Le Boreal caused hundreds of travellers to be evacuated earlier today while the vessel was...
November 18, 2015
Accidents
Quark Expeditions Antarctica Ship Sustains Damage
Quark Expeditions ship Ocean Endeavour has sustained damage from ice in Antarctica, which forced the line to cancel the vessel's next cruise...
November 17, 2015
Accidents
Mad Decent Boat Party Ends with Passenger Overboard
The Mad Decent Boat Party on Norwegian Pearl returned to port Miami after a cruise ship passenger jumped overboard. The woman allegedly jumped...
November 15, 2015
Accidents
Mystery surrounds cruise ship passenger death
Two months after a woman from California fell to her death from a luxury liner off the coast of Rockport, FBI and the state medical...
November 15, 2015
Accidents
Cruise ship passenger falls over after dispute with staff?
A day after a passenger plunged into the Atlantic, an attorney representing his husband announced the couple had been discriminated against by...
November 10, 2015
Accidents
Passenger Missing from MSC cruise ship
The Port Authority of Genoa is searching for a 75 year old cruise passenger. The woman disappeared Sunday night from the MSC Opera ship...
November 10, 2015
Accidents