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Author Topic: [Video]Never again a cruise!  (Read 2092 times)

Vige

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[Video]Never again a cruise!
« on: November 03, 2010, 13:26:59 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK17cIdcuyA&feature=related

lol @ the anchor through the deck of the tug  :doh:
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Matthew Brown

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Re: [Video]Never again a cruise!
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 14:18:31 »

I remember the first clip well, when it was first broadcast on the Spanish news channels.
I was quite worried as it was our local port too  :-\
This was the original broadcast on TVE1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QKHrF67PFg

I have done a brief translation as it is in Spanish:

"This was the moment in which the mooring lines of the bow of the MSC Fantasia snapped as a result of a huge gust of wind.
Straight away the ship began to drift away from the dock where it was moored, but the worst was still to come.
The passageway where the passengers board and disembark was being violently strained, and some passengers realized the danger and quickly left.

Although there still remained one passenger inside the passageway.

*Passageway cripples, and falls into the sea while onlookers scream*

Three crew members quickly jumped into the water to rescue the passenger.
Who was an Italian man aged 83.
They managed to rescue him in just under 5 minutes, which is an incredible time.
Bearing in mind the temperature of the freezing cold water.
Luckily the rescue was a success.

*Presenter begins to talk*
All four of the people were safely evacuated from the water and the 83 year old man was taken to the hospital for hypothermia and cranial trauma.
The ship was moved to another place in the port of Palma, and later carried on to Barcelona.
However the Port of Palma still remains closed due to excessive winds and storms.
"

 :'(
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« Last Edit: November 05, 2010, 12:51:12 by Robert67 »
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