Europe Cruise Ship Crash

A towering cruise ship has struck a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy canal in Venice.

Europe cruise ship crash. First published on Sun 2 Jun 2019 0542 EDT. A cruise ship crash in Venice has reignited calls for large vessels to be banned from the citys Giudecca canal. The ocean liner SS Andrea Doria was rammed by MS Stockholm now Astoria on July 25 1956.

Videos of the crash show the MSC Opera cruise ship apparently unable to halt its momentum blaring its horn as it ploughs into a much smaller river boat and the dock as people on the dock run. Seven were rescued and 21. The ships owners Costa Cruises said the captain had made an unapproved unauthorised deviation in course sailing too close to the island in order to show the ship to locals.

A drone image shows decommissioned cruise ships being dismantled at Aliaga ship-breaking yard in the Aegean port city of Izmir western Turkey October 2 2020. On Wednesday a Viking river ship struck a sightseeing boat during a night sailing on the Danube in Budapest killing at least seven people. Out-of-control cruise ship crashes into boat wharf at Venice.

An out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning injuring four tourists and sparking new calls for restrictions on ships. Rome Italy CNN A cruise ship crashed into a Venice dock on Sunday hitting a moored tourist boat and sending onlookers running for safety in what one witness said resembled a scene from a. Following the collision calls for banning cruise ships in Venice long a source of contention in the over-extended tourist city were renewed.

Hungary boat crash. As a result of the incident some river cruise lines have either. June 2 2019.

A total of 46 people were killed in the collision. Four people were injured on Sunday when the MSC Opera - a 275m long 900ft ship. Opponents say cruise ships are out-of-scale for Venice cause pollution endanger the lagoons ecosystem and a.