Cruise Ship Accident History
Flashback in history.
Cruise ship accident history. Propulsion Power Loss. The avoidable disaster killed 32 people and seriously injured many others and left investigators wondering. The 76 meter long four-deck river passenger ship Eastern Star Dongfangzhixing capsized and sank on the Yangtze River in the Wuhan Damazhou area.
China cruise ship disaster MV Dongfang zhi Xing Eastern Star 1 June 2015. The vessel hit and damaged a cargo crane and one of the ships lifeboats on the port side detached and crashed into the sea. An accident happen this morning in the port of Savona during a docking maneuver of the cruise ship Costa Smeralda.
Silver Explorer of Silverseas was damaged by rough seas on January 12 2013. The cruise ship returned to Argentina after the accident and the rest of the trip was cancelled. Why was the luxury cruise ship sailing so close to the shore in the first place.
The accident occurred while the ship was en-route from Ketchikan to Victoria BC during 7-day Alaskan Explorer cruise itinerary May 18-25 roundtrip from homeport Seattle WA to Alaska Juneau Sitka Ketchikan and Canada Victoria BC. Significant Cruise Ship Accidents 2010 to Present.
