Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- 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 - Accidents
Coronavirus outbreak on Carnival Vista cruise ship
On Wednesday, August 11, the Belize Tourism Board in a press release announced that the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Vista has a total of...
August 12, 2021 - Accidents
AIDAblu cruise ship changes itinerary due to the wildfires in Greece
The German company AIDA Cruises was forced to alter the itinerary of its AIDAblu ship due to the wildfires in Greece which affected a number of...
August 11, 2021 - Accidents
6 COVID-positive passengers on Costa Cruises' ship Smeralda
Several passengers have tested COVID-positive on Costa Cruises' ship Costa Smeralda during a 7-day Mediterranean voyage. According to Costa, 6...
August 9, 2021 - Accidents
A "small number" of COVID-positive passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines' ship Vista
A "small number of positive cases" of COVID-19 have been detected aboard the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Vista. At the same time...
August 6, 2021 - Accidents
5 Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship passengers died in an Alaskan floatplane crash
On August 5, 2021, while the Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship was docked in Ketchikan AK, a total of 6 people died in a floatplane crash accident. Among...
August 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean expands ex-USA cruises' COVID testing policy
Due to the rapidly spreading COVID Delta variant, RCI-Royal Caribbean is expanding its test procedures for voyages departing from the USA with...
July 31, 2021 - Accidents
6 COVID-positive passengers on Royal Caribbean's ship Adventure of the Seas
6 passengers sailing on RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Adventure of the Seas, which left Nassau (Bahamas, New Providence Island) on Saturday, July 30...
July 31, 2021 - Accidents
Crew commits suicide on Carnival Cruise Line's ship Mardi Gras
A male crew committed suicide on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Mardi Gras. The young man from Brazil lost his life Tuesday morning, July 27. Hours...
July 30, 2021 - Accidents
Crew rescued from DCL-Disney Cruise Line's ship Disney Magic in the Irish Sea
North Wales Coastguard (CG) rescued a crew member on Wednesday, July 28, from DCL-Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic ship cruising in the Irish Sea...
July 29, 2021 - Accidents
2 dead during dismantling of former Carnival cruise ship, Carnival Inspiration in Turkey
Two workers lost their lives at the shipbreaking yard in Aliaga Turkey during the dismantling of the former Carnival Cruise Line ship, Carnival...
July 28, 2021 - Accidents
Vaccinated passenger tests COVID-positive on Celebrity Cruises' ship Millennium
One vaccinated passenger from the Celebrity Cruises' ship Celebrity Millennium has tested COVID-positive over the weekend. The liner was in Port...
July 27, 2021