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A Sydney travel lawyer, Anthony Cordato, said passengers needed to heed ships’ tight schedules. “What we looked at was some type of van transportation for eight people, the quadriplegic woman included,” Jay Campbell told ABC15. He described having to take a ferry to get into Senegal, and then a four-hour drive. And last November, passengers were stranded at a Brisbane port after a Royal Caribbean ship was overbooked.
One of many rescue trips to bring those stranded on board the cruise ship
This is video of one of the trips the cruise ship's crew made to bring back those rescued. "We were really surprised and honestly a little freaked out," Amodio said. "We’ve been on a handful of cruises and never seen something like this happen. It was crazy to think that these people were stuck at sea for so long, and we were all on board excited and relieved that the ship was able to rescue them." The Campbells told the news outlet that the ninth passenger was late for another reason — an 80-year-old woman who got a concussion on the island and was hospitalized there. The couple says the tour overran, and its operator informed the captain that eight passengers were running late.
Stranded cruise passengers in Africa race to rejoin their ship - CNN
Stranded cruise passengers in Africa race to rejoin their ship.
Posted: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT [source]
"We made it," passengers cheer
There have been a number of cholera outbreaks in southern African countries over the last few months, the BBC reported. Since January 2023, over 3,000 people in the region have died from cholera and 188,000 have been infected, according to the BBC. The Joint Arctic Command said it has asked a nearby cruise ship to remain in the area to provide assistance in case the situation changes. According to the Joint Arctic Command's statement on Tuesday morning, their closest ship, the inspection vessel Knud Rasmussen, is approximately 1,200 nautical miles away from the Ocean Explorer.
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Following that ordeal, they said they aren’t sure if they’re going to board the ship again to rejoin the cruise. The couple traveled through seven countries in a 48-hour period to reach Senegal, according to Jill Campbell. When they didn't make it back in time due to what they said were issues with the tour, their Norwegian Cruise Line ship left without them. Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders.
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The New York Times reported soon after the initial collision that the Dali was only a mere 30 minutes into a 27-day voyage before the ship lost power and collided with the bridge, killing six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time. It is unknown whether the woman’s health complications that required the evacuation are related to her pregnancy. According to Disney Cruise Line’s frequently asked questions, women must be no more than 23 weeks pregnant in order to set sail.
The cruise line said the passengers missed the "all aboard time of 3 p.m. local time." It said it was a "very unfortunate situation" but that passengers were responsible for being on time. The Viking Sky cruise ship, which regained engine power on Sunday morning, is traveling to Molde accompanied by two supply ships and one tug assist vessel. Eight passengers, including six Americans and two Australians, were on a private tour of São Tomé and missed the 3 p.m. The cruise ship ran aground Monday above the Arctic Circle in Alpefjord in Northeast Greenland National Park, the world’s northernmost national park. The park is nearly the size of France and Spain combined, and approximately 80% is covered by an ice sheet. Alpefjord is about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the closest settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, which is nearly 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from the country’s capital, Nuuk.
Norwegian Cruise captain refused to let eight passengers who were late reboard ship
Health officials were also testing the food on the Norwegian Dawn for cholera. Those tests results hadn't yet come back, but authorities said they were satisfied that there was no cholera threat after the waste water tests were negative. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says there's a cholera epidemic in southern Africa, with a total of around 188,000 cases and 3,000 deaths in eight countries since January 2023. The Mauritius government said the sick passengers who had been isolated after falling ill in fact had mild cases of the viral infection gastroenteritis. He shared a video of a woman displaying a smiling elf puppet as she sat on the floor on the debris-strewn deck, where she was surrounded by other passengers wearing orange survival gear.
6 American, 2 Australian cruise ship passengers stranded on African island after Norwegian Cruise refused to let them board - New York Post
6 American, 2 Australian cruise ship passengers stranded on African island after Norwegian Cruise refused to let them board.
Posted: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT [source]
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According to WPDE, the group flew to Gambia on Sunday, hoping to rejoin the ship at another port. The Norwegian Cruise Line said in a statement provided to BI by email that eight guests on the tour missed the last tender back to the vessel. In total, WPDE said that nine passengers were not allowed to reenter the ship, including four elderly people and one person who is a paraplegic.
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Norwegian said the passengers were responsible for making their own travel arrangements to rejoin the ship. The Bahamas-flagged cruise ship has passengers from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. It has an inverted bow, shaped like the one on a submarine, 77 cabins, 151 passenger beds and 99 beds for crew, and several restaurants. All cruise lines have similar policies, though the exact cut-off dates for safely sailing while pregnant can vary for individual lines.
Back on the island, the group encountered yet another cruise passenger who’d been abandoned—an 80-year-old who was hospitalized and then left without money when the ship took off without her. Thankfully, the group helped the 80-year-old on a flight back to the U.S., while the rest of the group appealed to the U.S. embassy in nearby Angola to figure out how to reunite with the ship. The patient was met by local emergency medical responders at the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The evacuation was carried out by a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft, both of which were dispatched to rendezvous with the cruise ship. To safeguard the woman’s privacy as well as that of her traveling companions, the nature of those health complications has not been revealed. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) successfully evacuated a passenger from Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Fantasy on Monday, April 15, 2024, in a long-distance operation dramatically captured on video.
Doctor’s notes authorizing cruise travel later in pregnancy are not accepted to circumvent this rule. Just a few weeks ago, a woman was denied boarding on Carnival Luminosa due to her pregnancy. She was 26 weeks pregnant, and Carnival Cruise Line also requires that guests be no more than 23 weeks pregnant to set sail.
"On March 3, 2024, Icon of the Seas encountered a small vessel adrift and in need of assistance," the company said in a statement. "The ship’s crew immediately launched a rescue operation, safely bringing 14 people onboard. The crew provided them with medical attention, and is working closely with the U.S. Coast Guard." After the rescue, Amodio said, the cruise ship’s captain announced the crew had rescued 14 people stranded at sea for eight days. All passengers and crew aboard the Viking Sky cruise ship are safe in the port of Molde, in western Norway, and passengers will soon begin flying home, Viking Ocean Cruises said in a statement on Sunday afternoon.
Norwegian Cruise Line said passengers would disembark from the ship on Tuesday. Cruise ships were problematic during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many of them reporting outbreaks of the disease and having to be quarantined at ports. Norwegian Cruise Line said in a statement that there were "a small number of guests experiencing mild symptoms of a stomach-related illness" and there were "no confirmed cases nor any evidence of cholera." Among the passengers were Brian Launder, 75, and his wife, Carole, who was celebrating her 70th birthday with their first-ever cruise, according to the outlet. Most of the stranded passengers didn't have their medication or working credit cards, WPDE said. "It has been a dramatic day for the passengers and rescue personnel on #VikingSky in #Hustadvika. Thank you to the talented rescuers, volunteers and others who have made an invaluable effort in demanding conditions," Soldberg said on Twitter.
"The boat turned around, and we pulled up as close as we could to them and stopped," Amodio said. "RCC (Royal Caribbean) deployed a small zodiac-type rescue boat to investigate." Alessandra Amodio was traveling on Royal Caribbeans's Icon of the Seas with her family when the rescue happened. Meanwhile, another video captured some passengers who enjoyed some humor during the scary incident. We were talking to the officers and they estimated the waves were 15 to 20 meters,” he said.
A TikTok video showed the couple waving and begging the crew to wait for them, even though the gangway appeared to have already been removed. It added that the deadline to return was "communicated broadly" over the ship's intercom, in printed communications, and on posts shown at the exits of the ship. They were refused entry to the ship upon their return, according to WPDE, even though they could still see the ship from the shore. Jay and Jill Campbell, from Garden City, South Carolina, described their ordeal with a Norwegian Cruise Line ship in an interview with WPDE, their local ABC affiliate. Cholera, an infection that causes severe diarrhea and dehydration, is rare in the developed world, but it is almost always fatal if left untreated. "We are actively engaged in efforts to free the MV Ocean Explorer, from its grounding," the representative said.
Dozens of cruise ships sail along Greenland’s coast every year so passengers can admire the picturesque mountainous landscape, waterways packed with icebergs of different sizes and glaciers jutting out into the sea. The cruise ship ran aground Monday above the Arctic Circle in Alpefjord in Northeast Greenland National Park, the world’s northernmost national park. The park is nearly the size of France and Spain combined, and approximately 80% is covered by an ice sheet. It said the cruise ship and its passengers will now travel to a port where the damage to the vessel’s bottom can be assessed, and the passengers will be taken to a location from where they can be flown home. There was no immediate comment from the tour company that organized the trip, Australia-based Aurora Expeditions. This was the scene from the lunch buffet during the first full day of cruising for the Icon of the Seas.
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