Cruise Ship Splendor Fire

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Cruise ship splendor fire. For more information please read the story at Cruise Law News. Like the Splendor the Tropicale was disabled by an engine room fire and the cruise ship bobbed around in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard report talked about everything.

With its 4500 passengers back on dry land the ship is due to be moved to a dry dock. A video from ABC News 10 shows tugs finally towing the Carnival Splendor cruise ship back to port in San Diego following a fire in the engine room early Mo. More luxury more splendor.

The United States Coast Guards 47-page report on the Carnival Splendor fire on November 8 2010 released in full on July 15 2013 pointed to a variety of factors that led to the fire and subsequent propulsion and power loss onboard the ship leaving it drifting off the West Coast. The Splendor is now slowly making her way back to San Diego. Splendors fire cost USCG USD 15 million and US Navy USD 19 million.

Advertisement The 3299 passengers and 1167 crew members were not hurt and the fire was put out but the 952-foot ship had no air conditioning hot water or telephone service. No one was injured in the fire. Left powerless by an engine fire shortly after embarking on a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera the Splendor is expected to be towed into San Diego tomorrow Melbourne time.

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. SAN DIEGO The Carnival Cruise Ship Splendor is towed into San Diego Bay Nov. A string of investigations is already underway into the fire that crippled the Carnival cruise ship Splendor.

See which port the Splendor is coming to next. The ship was originally designed and ordered for Costa Cruises but she was transferred to Carnival Cruise Lines during construction. HttpbitlydbMVag Video courtesy of.