In the interests of balanced reporting or commentary, here’s a good and bad (or bad and good) item about cruise ship safety. Bad… The captain of the late Costa Concordia is on trial right now, and that revives the memories of the tragedy off the island of Giglio on Friday the 13th almost three years… Continue reading From Something Bad, Something Good
Tag: Accidents
Lifeboat Fatality Raises A QuestionÂ
There was a bad cruise-ship accident a couple of weeks ago. It was on the Coral Princess, a ship we cruised on a couple of years ago. It involved a lifeboat, perhaps one that was on the Coral Princess a couple of years ago. Two crew members fell into the water inside a lifeboat. One… Continue reading Lifeboat Fatality Raises A QuestionÂ
In The Wake Of Tragedy On The Water…
Here's a sobering question that probably won't have a conclusive answer: Following the gut-wrenching and tragic ferry accident last week off the shores of South Korea, how is the fear of dying in a ship going to impact the cruise industry? Seasoned cruisers are unlikely to develop such a fear and are more likely to… Continue reading In The Wake Of Tragedy On The Water…
Drowning of a six-year-old in ship's pool raising questions of need for lifeguards
A little boy died in the swimming pool on a cruise ship this week. With nobody watching closely enough, he drowned. A woman who was poolside jumped in and pulled him from the water. Attempts were made to resuscitate him, but they failed. Once the first question (what happened?) was answered, the second question was… Continue reading Drowning of a six-year-old in ship's pool raising questions of need for lifeguards
Two Shore Excursions, Two Accidents
Earlier this month, a cruise passenger died when his kayak overturned on a shore excursion on Mendenhall Lake in Alaska. He was a passenger on Rhapsody of the Seas, but it was not a Royal Caribbean shore excursion. It was a private excursion…in fact, the Texas man and his friends rented the kayaks on their… Continue reading Two Shore Excursions, Two Accidents