2015 Cruise Ship Disaster

Away from the Pentland Firth and the Solent away from cameras and attention five other ships have come to calamity in the first two weeks of this year.

2015 cruise ship disaster. BEIJING A cruise ship disaster in central China this year that killed all but a dozen of the hundreds of people aboard was caused by violent weather according to the findings. Construction and maiden voyage. China cruise ship disaster MV Dongfang zhi Xing Eastern Star on 1 June 2015.

Cruise ships are basically floating disaster zones just waiting to happen and over the years thousands of unlucky passengers and crew members have found themselves at the mercy of pirates nature and incompetent captains. Flashback in history. Flashback in maritime history.

By Saeed Ahmed CNN. The Carnival Triumph cruise from hell. The 76 meter long four-deck river passenger ship Eastern Star Dongfangzhixing capsized and sank on the Yangtze River in the Wuhan Damazhou area.

Eastern Star On 1 June 2015 the Chinese river cruise ship Eastern Star capsized on an overnight voyage after being hit by a tornadic waterspout during severe weather while in the Damazhou waterway section of the Yangtze River. China cruise ship disaster. In 2015 a court found Schettino guilty of manslaughter causing a shipwreck abandoning ship before passengers and crew were evacuated and lying to authorities about the disaster.

In mid-February an engine room fire onboard the Carnival Cruises ship Triumph left more than 4000 passengers stranded in the Gulf of Mexico with no hot water and few working toilets. The Costa Cruises-run ships hull was ripped after the liner ran aground Friday. At least 62 cabins were flooded when a.

On March 7 th 2015 Cameron Smook a senior at Virginia Tech lost his life after falling overboard on a Carnival cruise ship. Francesco Schettino had steered the 126000-ton vessel dangerously close to. Updated 0415 GMT 1215 HKT June 9 2015.