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Shaw TV’s Karen Elgersma takes you inside “Crystal Serenity”, a luxurious cruise ship that stopped in Victoria during its trip around the world.

Passengers from the Azamara Quest luxury cruise ship that was stranded at sea for 24 hours were full of praise of their Captain and crew members for their handling of the fire that broke out in one of the engine rooms on Friday night. ” The Captain and the staff and the crew were fantastic, Absolutely Fantastic….If it wasn’t for the crew, there could have been more serious problem.” Said passenger Allan Mackenzie from Scotland on arrival at the Sabah Hotel at 12.50 am April 2, 2012. Also at the Sabah Hotel, Passenger Jackie from England said,” The crew were brilliant. It was a bit worrying, we thought we may have to go into the lifeboat…but they managed to put the fire out very quickly” Due to the availability of rooms, passengers were accommodated at several different hotels such as Sabah Hotel, Sandakan Hotel, Best Western, The Pavillion Hotel etc., At the Pavillion Hotel at Mile 7, passenger John Rosemead said,” There was no panic and everything as far as I am concerned ran perfectly smooth. The officers and the captain kept us fully informed.” He continued,” The Swedish Captain was very visible throughout the cruise, even when we got off the port tonight, he was there to wish us all well as we left the ship and got onto the buses.” The luxury cruise ship had docked at the Sandakan harbour at 8.40 pm and the injured crew members were immediately taken by ambulance to the hospital. However, the first bus load of passengers only emerged at the gate at 11.45pm. The …

Costa Concordia Luxury Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Coast Of Tuscany, At Least 3 Bodies Retrieved From Sea thoughts Deadly cruise accident off Italian coast, 3 bodies found, 69 missing thoughts First video: Luxury Costa Concordia cruise ship runs aground thoughts Cruise Ship Sinks in ITALY – Sky News 14-01-2012 thoughts Ship aground off Italy; 3 bodies found, 69 missing thoughts Deadly Italian Cruise Crash thoughts Ship aground off Italy; 3 bodies found, 69 missing thoughts Cruise Crash Soon After Departure thoughts Passengers Report Cruise Wreck Panic thoughts ‘I thought that was the end’: Passengers tell of panic on wrecked cruise ship thoughts Reports say a luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, gashing open the hull and forcing some 4200 people aboard to evacuate aboard lifeboats to a nearby island early Saturday. At least three were dead according to reports.Reports say at least three bodies were recovered from the sea and at least three additional persons were feared dead, and helicopters were working to pluck to safety some 50 people still trapped aboard the badly listing Costa Concordia reports say.It was said that it wasn’t immediately known if the dead were passengers or crew, nor were the nationalities of the victims immediately known. It wasn’t clear how they died. The Italian news agency reported that some people had jumped overboard in the scramble to evacuate the ship, which had just begun a Mediterranean cruise reports say.The evacuees …

One of the most luxurious cruise ships in the world is the MS Oasis of the Seas. This enormous vessel is an Oasis class cruise line and is one of the best luxury cruise lines in the Royal Caribbean International fleet. Find out more about the Oasis of the Seas here:- strangefunnyworld.com

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3 Dead Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Coast Of Tuscany thoughts Reports say Costa Concordia, a large Italian cruise ship, ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island January 14, 2012.At least three people were killed and rescuers were searching for other victims after an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 4000 people ran aground and keeled over in shallow waters.Reports say dozens were injured and around 50 people remained unaccounted for after the 114500-tonne Costa Concordia hit a sandbar near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany as passengers sat down to dinner on Friday evening. It was said that passengers spoke of panic and described some people leaping into the sea from the listing ship, which finally came to rest on its side, with decks partly submerged, a few hundred metres from the shore.It was said that rescue efforts were continuing after a night-time operation involving helicopters, ships and lifeboats. Reports say “It was a complex operation because some of the passengers may have jumped into the sea and not been picked up by rescuers, while others may have been sheltered in private houses and therefore not been identified yet,” reports say.Authorities and passengers quoted on television spoke of people jumping off the 290-metre-long ship, a floating resort hotel with spas, theatres, swimming pools and a discotheque.Many of the 3206 passengers and 1023 crew were taken to the mainland port of Porto Santo Stefano where …

www.romaniaindex.ro Eight people are dead after the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the Italian coast in an accident which forced the coast guard to evacuate over 4000 people, AFP reports. More than 30 people were also injured in the accident, several seriously, and several people were still missing after jumping overboard in panic as the ship began to tilt, the Messaggero newspaper said. One of the victims was a man in his 70s who died of a heart attack caused by the shock to his system when he jumped into the icy waters, reports said. Most of the 3200 passengers and 1000 crew members were quickly evacuated, but around 200 people remained stranded on board. According to the London Telegraph, the passengers’ dinner was interrupted by a loud boom around 8 pm local time. An initial announcement claimed the ship was suffering an electrical failure, and ordered everyone onboard to don life-jackets. “It was just like something out of the Titanic,” one woman said. “You could tell straight away that the ship had hit something and no way was it an electrical fault.’ A local mayor on Giglio, a popular vacation island about 18 miles off the Tuscan coast, said he was trying to find rooms to house the stranded passengers and crew overnight. The cruise ship had departed from the Civitavecchia port near Rome earlier on Friday with scheduled calls at Palermo, Cagliari, Palma, Barcelona and Marseille. The Italian news agency ANSA said the Concordia started to take on water …

Dozens are unaccounted for after a luxury cruise ship runs aground off the Italian coast, and is now sinking.

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