The other day, there was a small fire on the Grand Princess as the big ship was circumventing Hawaii. It was caused by a circuit breaker in the ships’ electrical switchboard. There was some smoke. Nobody was hurt. As these things go, it was relatively minor. The Grand Princess got the worst of it. Because… Continue reading Grand Princess, Grand Return
Tag: Cruise ship accidents
Lest We Forget The Lusitania
Today is the day to remember the Lusitania. Lusitania? If there hadn’t been a Titanic, you’d know all about the Lusitania. It sank 100 years ago today, courtesy of a torpedo, and if the Titanic had missed that iceberg three years earlier, Lusitania would have been the word by which all cruise-ship disasters at sea… Continue reading Lest We Forget The Lusitania
Baby’s Cries Save Man Overboard
Any parent will likely agree nothing good can happen when a baby cries and cries and cries in the middle of the night. Until now. Heather and Daniel Felton of Louisville took their 13-month-old daughter on a Disney cruise. In the middle of a January night, little Katherine delivered one of those early wake-up calls… Continue reading Baby’s Cries Save Man Overboard
From Something Bad, Something Good
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
Lifeboat Fatality Raises A Question
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 Question