Cruise Ship Stranded

A Carnival Cruise ship touring off the coast of Mexico is stranded today after losing power following a fire in an engine room. The Carnival Splendor,.

Carnival Splendor—a Mexico-bound cruise ship with around 4,500 people on board—was stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean..

Cruise ship fire leaves 4,500 stranded off Mexico coast when the second tugboat eventually reaches the cruise ship. Drifting. The 952ft (290m) Carnival .

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Carnival Cruise Fire Leaves Cruise Ship Stranded
A Carnival Cruise ship touring off the coast of Mexico is stranded today after losing power following a fire in an engine room. The Carnival Splendor, carrying 3299 passengers and 1167 crew, is currently located about 200 miles south of San Deigo, and tug boats are currently on route to tow the ship. According to [...]

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Carnival Splendor Fire

A cruise ship heading to Mexico was unfortunately left adrift on Monday, after a fire broke out in the engine room. According to officials, the crew of the Carnival Splendor battled the blaze for three hours and luckily, no one was hurt in the incident.

According to msnbc.msn.com, a statement from Carnival Cruise Lines said that the fire had started at around 6am, but was extinguished by 9:10am. The ship, which was around 55 miles off the northern Baja coast at the time, is carrying 1,167 crew members and 3,299 guests.

However, a statement on the cruise line’s website states that several key systems are currently unavailable, such as air conditioning, telephones, toilets that flush and hot food. Although the statement did go on to say that the crew was working to restore these services.

At first, the guests were just asked to move to the upper deck, but then they were given food and bottled water and allowed to return to their cabins, according to KNBC. Officials decided to terminate the cruise, and said that the ship would be towed to Ensenada in Baja.

The firm has now said that all guests on the current cruise will be receiving full refunds. They will also receive reimbursement of transportation costs and a complimentary cruise in the future. Do you know of anyone who is onboard the Carnival Splendor?

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