Lifeboat Falls Off Cruise Ship
The last time we posted about a similar incident was when a lifeboat broke and fell from a PO cruise ship in January.
Lifeboat falls off cruise ship. On Monday afternoon a lifeboat was reported to have fallen off a ship and capsized when it was undergoing routine inspection. In 2017 a lifeboat wire slipped causing it to fall and capsize from a Royal. The Coast Guard was informed at about 1 pm on Monday afternoon and was working with the crew of the ship Grandeur of the Seas on pollution response and to make sure there was enough safety gear onboard.
Thankfully no crew members were on board the small boat at the time and it is believed the lifeboat just broke free from the cruise ship. The ships operator - UK-based tour company Thomson Cruises - said the incident in the port of Santa Cruz in La Palma involved the vessels crew. The newspaper says that the survival craft was a life raft however witnesses report that a lifeboat fell off Grandeur of the Seas.
A lifeboat has fallen from the PO Arcadia cruise ship. They had to stop the ship and lower. YesterdayFortunately there was no one in the lifeboat at the time.
The passenger who wishes to remain anonymous states that the back appears to have been ripped. At about 630 am he was then spotted by a Disney Magic cruise ship and picked up in a lifeboat witnesses said. Spanish officials say five people have been killed and three injured when a lifeboat fell into the sea off a cruise ship that was tied up at the port of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands.
A passenger aboard the PO Arcadia reports today via the PO Cruises Facebook page that a lifeboat has broken from its cabling and has fallen from its davits into the sea while the cruise ship was in Ponta Delgada Azores. The accident happened on Monday afternoon while the vessel was in Charleston Harbor South Carolina. The cruise ship captain under fire for abandoning his vessel while thousands of passengers scrambled for rescue has reportedly come up.
Mums Travel Blog reported that a lifeboat sheered from the davit hook and fell into the water around 200 pm. Lifeboat falls off cruise ship The Carnival Dream cruise ship had a lifeboat fall from the ship while at sea this week. A lifeboat from a British-operated cruise ship fell upside down into the sea at port in Spains Canary Islands during a safety drill killing five crew members and injuring three others officials.
