Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
COVID outbreak on MSC Cruises' ship Virtuosa in the UK
Suspected COVID cases were identified onboard MSC Cruises' ship MSC Virtuosa which was today docked on Liverpool (England) waterfront. Some...
September 7, 2021 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from Disney Magic cruise ship in the English Channel
On Friday night, September 3, the Tynemouth Royal National Lifeboat Institution rescue boat carried out a medevac for an injured cruise passenger...
September 6, 2021 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from Regal Princess cruise ship off Isle of Wight (England UK)
A passenger needing medevac from a cruise ship off the East coast of Isle of Wight (Cowes, England) prompted the launch of Bembridge RNLI’s All...
September 6, 2021 - Accidents
COVID-positive vaccinated passenger medevaced from Royal Caribbean’s ship Harmony of the Seas
A COVID-positive elderly passenger was medevaced from RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Harmony of the Seas, which docked at Port La Spezia Italy at 3...
September 5, 2021 - Accidents
3 COVID-positive crew on cruise ship Celebrity Silhouette
A Celebrity's ship docked in Liverpool (England UK) was hit by a COVID outbreak. 3 crew onboard Celebrity Silhouette had to leave the vessel after...
August 31, 2021 - Accidents
48 firefighters extinguish a fire on Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Wonder of the Seas
A fire broke out around 11:15 PM (Paris time/UTC 1:15 AM), on Saturday, August 28, aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Wonder of the Seas and...
August 30, 2021 - Accidents
At least 15 including a child injured in Ibiza ferry accident
At least 15 people including a 10-year-old boy were injured after a passenger ferry ran aground on an islet off Ibiza Island (Balearic Spain) ...
August 29, 2021 - Accidents
At least 21 dead, dozens missing after speedboat accident in Bangladesh
A small ferryboat carrying 100+ people sank on Friday, August 27, after colliding with cargo ships and a speedboat, leaving at least 21 dead and...
August 29, 2021 - Accidents
Body of missing millionaire Kai Wunsche (JOOP!), who fell overboard from MS Europa, found in...
A body found washed up on a beach on Terschelling in the northern Netherlands was identified as that of the 81-year-old German millionaire Kai...
August 29, 2021 - Accidents
Passenger dead after COVID-19 outbreak on Carnival Vista cruise ship
A 77-year-old woman died from COVID after testing positive on a Carnival cruise ship to Belize, marking the first reported death since ex-USA to...
August 26, 2021 - Accidents
Fire breaks out on Gozo Fast Ferry ship "Your Faith" in Malta
Firefighters rushed to Marr Harbour (Gozo Island, Malta) on Monday morning (August 23) after smoke was seen rising from a Gozo Fast Ferry ship soon...
August 23, 2021 - Accidents
Millionaire Kai Wunsche (JOOP!) dies after falling overboard from Hapag-Lloyd's cruise ship MS...
On August 20, 2021, several major global media outlets reported that the 82-year-old Kai Wunsche is presumed dead after falling overboard from the...
August 23, 2021 - Accidents
5 COVID-positive crew on TUI Cruises' ship Mein Schiff 2
5 COVID cases have been found onboard TUI's ship Mein Schiff 2. The vessel is currently sailing in the Mediterranean and commenced her 10-day voyage...
August 22, 2021 - Accidents
2021 Asia Cruise Forum JEJU has been cancelled
The Jeju Tourism Organization announced that the "2021 Asia Cruise Forum" planned on August 26-28 at Shinhwa World Jeju Landing Convention Center on...
August 22, 2021 - Accidents
VIDEO: Burst pipe on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas ship flooding crew decks
A burst pipe on the RCI-Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Quantum of the Seas caused flooding in crew areas (decks 2 and 1) on Wednesday, August 11...
August 13, 2021