Cruise Ship Passengers Deal With Frightening Day At Sea

November 29, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports passengers on a cruise ship were out at sea when the ship lost power.

According to reports the Norwegian Dawn and its thousands of passengers were at sea when a power outage caused rough conditions for those aboard. The power outage caused the passengers to have no electricity, no water, and no elevators.

The Norwegian Dawn was on a nine day cruise to the Caribbean and temporarily lost power Friday morning. According to one passenger, Ivan Brannan the front desk was engulfed in difficulties and Deck 7 was extremely hot for passengers that were overweight and the handicapped, along with the lack of water and other comforts.

The ship according to reports experienced mechanical problems losing power approximately 95 miles from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The outage lasted between 12 and 18 hours, with the ship gaining little power.

The Coast Guard reportedly brought the ship parts it needed in order to reach Puerto Rico and restoring partial power to the ship. Brannan stated that the cruise line has started to arrange flights for the passengers and the Norwegian Cruise Lines stated it will give each of the passengers a 75 percent refund and a 50 percent future cruise credit. The cruise credit the company stated will be good until the end of next year. Luckily it was not a serious cruise ship accident.

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Cruise Ship Accident Collision In Mexican Port

October 2, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports two Royal Caribbean passenger cruise ships collided in Cozumel. The ships involved in the collision were the Carnival Legend an 88,500 ton ship able to carry 2,124 passengers and the Royal Caribbean ship Enchantment of the Seas an 80,700 ton ship able to hold 2,252 passengers.

The collision took place when the Carnival Legend was maneuvering away from the port in Cozumel just after 6:00 p.m. According to one witness the ship as it was getting closer to the Enchantment of the Seas and a tug boat tried to get between the ships to stop the Legend from striking the other ship. The tug was not able to get between the ships prior to them colliding. After the collision the Enchantment of the Seas leaned to the side for a brief time.

According to reports the damages to the Enchantment of the sea included damaged rails, and stem, there is also some minor damage to some of the open deck areas. A witness also stated they could hear breaking glass.

According to the Carnival, Royal Caribbean cruise line the passengers on the two cruise ships that collided were uninjured. They have reported that there have been no passenger injuries and the ships have been released by the authorities to continue on their route to Belize where the two ships were headed prior to the crash.

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Passenger Missing From Cruise Ship—Coast Guard Halts Search

September 24, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a 67 year old woman and resident of California reportedly fell from the ship in Canadian waters. The woman has been identified as Edelgard Carney age 67 of Sutter Creek, California, who reportedly did not leave the ship when it docked at the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia. The ship the Sapphire Princess noted the woman was missing after the end of a four night cruise to Alaska.

The Sapphire Princess a 2,670 passenger vessel had been at sea since late Monday when it left the port of Ketchikan Alaska and Wednesday traveled the scenic Inside Passage to Vancouver. The U.S. Coast Guard searched 800 miles of water, before calling off the search and stating they would assist Canadian officials in the recovery effort. The U.S. Coast Guard also stated that Carney’s belongings and baggage were still in her cabin. They believe that Carney may have fallen off of the ship approximately 200 miles south of Ketchikan or 57 miles east of Graham Island in Canada.

The U.S. Coast Guard searched for the missing passenger with plane, helicopter and boat in and included in their search the areas of Dixon Entrance, Tongass Narrows and the northern part of Hecate Strait. Cruise ship accident lawyers confront these fact patterns all too often, which could be one of the reasons why cruise lines use form selection clauses.

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Passenger Airlifted From Carnival Spirit Cruise Ship

September 22, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a 63 year old man that became ill on the Carnival cruise ship Sprit had to be airlifted off of the ship by the U.S. Coast Guard.

According to reports Saturday afternoon the 11th Coast Guard District Command Center in Alameda California received a distress call from the Carnival Spirit that there was an ill passenger that the ship’s doctor believed his condition was becoming more serious. The Carnival Spirit physician stated that the man was critically in need of medication that the ship was running low on.

The Air Station at Barbers Point dispatched a C-130 long range search plane to air drop the needed medication to the ship that was approximately 200 miles northeast of Oahu. At the time of the airlift the cruise ship was approximately 100 miles from Oahu and the U.S. Coast. Guard sent a helicopter from Barbers Point.

The helicopter was an HH-65 with a medically trained crew to evacuate the ill passenger at approximately 5:40 p.m. He was transported to the Tripler Army Medical Center.

There has been no report of the 63 year old man’s condition and the type of medication the ship had run short of has not been released. Cruise ship accident attorneys special in these types of cases.

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Port Of Los Angeles Worker Killed

September 14, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a Port of Los Angeles worker was killed in an accident involving an empty freight container.

The man that was fatally injured has been identified as John Robert Kiser a 53 year old resident of Lakewood according to the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office.

Kiser was pinned and crushed by an empty freight trailer that was being moved by a utility tractor according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokes person Shawn Lenske. The accident occurred approximately 7:20 p.m. at Berth 229, a large container dock located at Terminal Island.

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health according to Lenske is investigating the accident in which Kiser was fatally injured.

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Cruise Ship Passenger Dies After Accident

September 8, 2009 (by Horatio Algren)

According to reports a 50 year old American man died after an accident while on a Royal Caribbean cruise in Cozumel.

The man whose identity has not been released is described as a 50 year old American man and was seriously injured when he fell from the Island Shuttle that is owned by the Ultramar ferry company. The injuries were sustained when the man was injured by the boat’s engine and died from cardiac arrest according to reports.

The cruise ship accident at sea occurred when the boat was docking at a pier in Cozumel. Royal Caribbean has stated the man was traveling aboard the Freedom of the Seas and had joined a catamaran shore excursion. This according to Royal Caribbean is where the American was involved in the fatal accident.
The family and friends of the man that was fatally injured remained in Cozumel, along with specially trained Royal Caribbean Guest Care Team members that will assist them.

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Rape Suspect Arrested On Carnival Cruise Ship

August 12, 2009 (by Hortatio Algren)

According to reports a Canadian rape suspect was arrested on the Carnival cruise ship Inspiration in Tampa Bay.

It has been reported that the U.S. Marshalls met the Inspiration when it docked in Tampa Bay after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found the name of the alleged rapist on the ships manifest.

The man has been identified as Steven Mark Anthony Requena age 28, and has been a fugitive after fleeing Canada after the alleged rape that took place in 2007.

The alleged rape took place at Fort Erie, Ontario and it is reported Requena is suspected of raping a woman while holding a scalpel to her throat.

According to a U.S. Marshall spokesperson, Requena now lives in Buffalo, New York and was traveling with a group and accompanied by a female that has not been identified. Officials also state that Requena did not put up a struggle when U.S. Marshals arrested him in his cabin on the ship after it had docked, and was arrested on a Canadian warrant.

Requena who will be extradited to Canada is facing several charges including sexual assault on a cruise ship, and officials from the U.S. Marshall's service and Homeland security have stated as a fugitive a cruise ship is no place to hide, and the arrest of Steven Mark Anthony Requena should be an example.

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