Cruise Ship Engine Fire

November 30 2015 Update from Princess Cruises 553 PM EST.

Cruise ship engine fire. 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. A small engine room fire broke out on the Carnival Legend cruise ship on Friday and the crew managed to extinguish it successfully. Carnival Cruise Lines says the blaze aboard t.

The vessel was drifting for an hour in mid-Atlantic without propulsion and electricity. Carnival says that all guests will receive a full refund and transportation expenses. Although the fire was quickly suppressed Cruise Director John Heald and the ships crew found themselves stranded in the.

No injuries have been disclosed. The ship rides on a cushion of air thus reducing frictions and fuel consumption The new technology is called MALS Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System allowing the liner to glide on an air bubbles carpet. Cruise ship returning to service after engine room fire.

An announcement by the captain was made around 715 am via the loudspeakers all over the ship for firefighting teams to respond to the Engine room 5 vertical stack 2. At the time the vessel was alongside the dock in the Port of Charlotte Amalie St. 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.

Thomas US Virgin Islands. The ship was sailing from Bergen Norway to the town of Kirkenes when the fire started. The ship was 20 miles off the coast of Hilo Hawaii.

The engine room fire left passengers on the ship stranded at sea for five days in what many described as horrific conditions. The cruise ships fire suppression system kept the fire from spreading. The incident occurred while the ship was in port at St.