Cruise news (deaths-tagged)
- Accidents
11 missing after fire on Greece-Italy Euroferry Olympia
Rescuers on Friday, February 18, boarded the burning ferry off of Greece and freed two truck drivers stranded inside the ship for 15+ hours, but hope...
February 19, 2022 - Accidents
VIDEO: Fire on Greece-Italy cruiseferry with 288 people on board
A fire broke out on Euroferry Olympia ferry en route from Greece to Italy, with a total of 288 people on board, the Greek coastguard announced...
February 18, 2022 - Accidents
32 year-old woman jumps overboard on Carnival Cruise Line's Valor ship in Gulf of Mexico
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is searching for a missing cruise passenger who went overboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship in the Gulf of Mexico...
February 17, 2022 - Accidents
445 kg of cocaine seized, slaughtered sailor found on containership MSC Adelaide
400+ kilograms of cocaine were seized in Port Genova (Italy), hidden in a TEU-container loaded with coffee from Brazil. In addition to drugs, a 50...
February 8, 2022 - Accidents
Crew dies on NCL-Norwegian Escape after 10-day COVID quarantine
A 36-year-old male crew died on the NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line ship Norwegian Escape Saturday morning, January 22. The man had reportedly completed a...
January 23, 2022 - Accidents
At least 39 people killed after a ferry catches fire in southern Bangladesh
Authorities in Bangladesh announced that at least 39 people had died and 72+ had been injured when a passenger ferry caught fire on Friday, December...
December 26, 2021 - Accidents
15-year-old kid takes his own life on MSC Seashore ship
Authorities are investigating a suicide aboard an MSC Cruises ship. The cruise company confirmed that a 15-year-old boy traveling with his family...
December 24, 2021 - Accidents
Woman overboard from Carnival Miracle ship balcony near Ensenada (Mexico)
A woman has gone overboard from a CCL-Carnival Cruise Line ship balcony into the Pacific Ocean early Saturday morning, December 11, spurring ongoing...
December 12, 2021 - Accidents
TUI's cruise ship Mein Schiff 1 rescued sailors in the Atlantic Ocean
On November 26, 2021, while en route from the Caribbean back to Europe, TUI's ship Mein Schiff 1 responded to a mayday/distress call issued from the...
November 29, 2021 - Accidents
10 dead, 5 missing after overloaded river ferry overturns in Southwest China
As many as 10 died and 5 are reported missing after a passenger ferryboat carrying 46 people capsized in bad weather on Saturday, September 18, in...
September 20, 2021 - Accidents
Elderly passenger with COVID dies after cruising on MSC Virtuosa
An MSC Cruises' ship on which a man in his 70s died at the Isle of Portland (Weymouth, Dorset England) last week was expected to dock in Southampton...
September 11, 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
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