Cruise Ship Engine Fire
The vessel was drifting for an hour in mid-Atlantic without propulsion and electricity.
Cruise ship engine fire. AIDAprima 2016 is one of the worlds most technologically advanced cruise vessels. An engine room fire disabled the Carnival Cruise Lines vessel Tropicale Sunday night leaving 1096 passengers adrift in the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Harvey closed in. A small fire broke out yesterday September 20 aboard the cruise ship Carnival Legend while the vessel was sailing into Glacier Bay National Park Alaska.
The master ordered the passengers aboard the vessel to evacuate to. The Carnival Splendor was 200 miles south of San Diego when an engine room fire cut its power early Monday according to a statement from Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines. An ER fire can disable the entire vessel by causing for instance a power loss blackout which might lead to inhabitability collision grounding and other dangers.
Educational Video about Engine Room Fires and Local Protection Hi Fog system used in the Engine RoomTwo accidents both on RCCL Royal Caribbean Cruises L. Full investigation into Triumph cruise ship which lost electricity and air conditioning in engine room fire to take six months The Carnival Triumph is docked after being towed to the Alabama. Sadly in December 2014 three workers died in an engine room fire aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean.
The site stated that the four main engines are undamaged by the fire but further investigations will need to be undertaken before an attempt to restart them later today. National Transportation Safety Board NTSB issued the report of its investigation of the 7 September 2015 engine room fire aboard cruise ship Carnival Liberty. Thomas US Virgin Islands.
Sep 21 2019. The best known engine room fires involved Carnival ships the Carnival Splendor in 2010 and the Carnival Triumph aka the infamous poop cruise in 2013. May 4 2015.
Carnival says that all guests will receive a full refund and transportation expenses. MS Nordlys Hurtigruten A fire broke out in the engine room of the cruise ship on September 15 2011 with 207 passengers onboard. A fire broke out this morning in the engine room on the Carnival Splendor during a cruise to the Mexican Riviera Puerto Vallarta Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas Passengers were told to move from their cabins to the Lido Deck on the upper level.
