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The Carnival Splendor cruise ship is in limbo about 150 miles south of San Diego after a fire in the engine.
Carnival Splendor ' s inaugural season began on 2 July 2008 with a cruise from Genoa, Italy to Dover, England, followed by cruises to Northern European ports. On 3 November 2008 she transited to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [10] In January 2009, Carnival Splendor moved to Long Beach, California, a journey which took 49 days.
John Heald was the cruise director of the Carnival Splendor, when the ship's engine room caught fire, stranding the passengers at sea off the coast of Mexico for more than three days. [12] On his blog, he discussed the incident, which the Los Angeles Times ' s Mary Forgione called a "lurid personal account of being stranded at sea". [13]
The Carnival Splendor, adrift for three days after an engine fire, arrived in San Diego, much to the relief of passengers who described a nightmare scenario onboard. Passengers disembarked the ...
On September 19, 1999, Tropicale's engine room caught fire en route from Cozumel to Tampa. While disabled in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship was struck by Tropical Storm Harvey. The Tropicale spent two days without propulsion. [68] On November 8, 2010, a fire broke out in the generator room of Carnival Splendor and the ship lost power. The ship ...
Two marine safety alerts issued by the U.S. Coast Guard indicate that firefighting equipment failure may be one reason the Carnival Splendor ended up losing power and being stuck at sea off the ...
Carnival Splendor at Circular ... A Matson cruise ship constructed from a 1952 C4 Mariner-class hull formerly named Free State ... Destroyed by fire on 30 March 1979 ...
Carnival said that, at about 3:15 p.m. Saturday, the Carnival Freedom reported a fire on the port side of the ship’s exhaust funnel. The ship was 20 miles off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, heading ...