Venice Italy Cruise Ship Crash

CRUISE ship passengers were left horrified with at least five injured as their vessel plunged into a dock in Venice.

Venice italy cruise ship crash. MSC Opera cruise ship is seen after a crash in San Basilio dock in Venice Italy June 2 2019. The collision on Sunday has reignited the protest around ships docking in Venice. By next year a third of cruise ships will be rerouted.

The Italian government announced yesterday 7 August 2019 that it will begin rerouting cruise ships away from the historic city. The collision happened at about 830am on. The crash reportedly occurred after a cable used to link cruise ships to tug boats snapped The crash happened about 830am Sunday local time on the Giudecca Canal a major thoroughfare that.

Video posted to social media showed passengers escaping from the. After a ten-year dispute Venice has finally succeeded in banning big cruise ships from entering its grand canal. June 2 2019.

A collision on a busy canal in Venice is sparking new calls for banning cruise ships in the area. A cruise ship crashed into a tourist boat and then into a dock in Venice Italy on Sunday after an engine failure. Four people were injured on Sunday when the MSC Opera -.

Prosecutors in Venice are investigating several people responsible for the MSC Opera which suffered an engine failure before crashing into a smaller boat followed by a wharf on the Giudecca Canal on Sunday it. Tourists were seen fleeing. The captain and pilot of a cruise ship that smashed into Venice harbour face possible charges of criminal damage with danger of causing a shipwreck.

8 July 2019. The cruise ship smashed into a dock located on. A cruise liner came close to crashing into a dock in Venice on Sunday as it was buffeted by a storm the latest incident to spark calls for mega ships to be banned from the fragile Venetian lagoon.