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jakeXT

(10,575 posts) Sat Mar 31, 2012, 05:48 AM Mar 2012

Cruise ship catches fire off Palawan

Source: ABS-CBNnews.com

MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – Five crew members of the luxury cruise ship, MV Azamara Quest, were injured when it caught fire while en route from Manila to Sandakan in Sabah, Malaysia.

Lt. Commander Algier Ricafrente, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast Guard said four of those injured are already in stable condition and the other one has been attended to by medical personnel on board the ship.

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Ricafrente said the ship is carrying 590 passengers, mostly Europeans and American tourists, and 411 crew.

Read more: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/03/31/12/cruise-ship-catches-fire-malaysia

A good year for the industry

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Cruise ship catches fire off Palawan (Original Post) jakeXT Mar 2012 OP

Food poisoning, sinking, fire... DontTreadOnMe Mar 2012 #1

Cruise ship Azamara Quest adrift south of Philippines dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #2

Cutting required maintenance budgets to increase Corporate profits FreakinDJ Mar 2012 #3

Actually.... Turbineguy Mar 2012 #5

I can not understand why people want to be held hostage on cruise ships. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #4

Unless it's this cruise ship blaze Mar 2012 #6

DontTreadOnMe

(2,442 posts)

1. Food poisoning, sinking, fire...

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 06:06 AM

Mar 2012

what else is left?

Bermuda Triangle... an entire cruise ship will go missing!

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

2. Cruise ship Azamara Quest adrift south of Philippines

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 06:19 AM

Mar 2012

A cruise ship carrying 1,001 people is adrift south of the Philippines after a fire disabled its engines, the Philippine coast guard says.

Five crew were injured in the fire, which broke out on Friday, a day after the ship left Manila for Sandakan, Malaysia.

None of the passengers was injured, according to the ship's operator, Azamara Club Cruises.

The ship is owned by the world's second largest cruise firm, Royal Caribbean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17571134

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

3. Cutting required maintenance budgets to increase Corporate profits

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 08:05 AM

Mar 2012

is criminal neglegence and needs to be prosecuted

Turbineguy

(37,331 posts)

5. Actually....

Reply to FreakinDJ (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 01:54 PM

Mar 2012

cruise lines take maintenance very seriously since a relatively minor fault can put a cruise ship off hire which is much more expensive than the money they would save by taking shortcuts. In addition, catch up work costs about 3 times as much as regular maintenance.

But even the best maintenance does not insure 100% reliability.

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)

4. I can not understand why people want to be held hostage on cruise ships.

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:48 AM

Mar 2012

These ships are nothing more than floating shopping malls, and unsafe too. I would rather fly to a destination and start enjoying a vacation rather than be subjected for days of corporate marketing.

blaze

(6,361 posts)

6. Unless it's this cruise ship

Reply to xtraxritical (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 02:20 PM

Mar 2012

62 passengers... all about the flora and fauna... spectacular!!!!

http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/expeditions/alaska-cruise/detail

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