Man Dies When Rogue Wave Hits Cruise Ship
Originally posted on February 16th, 2014.
ABC news reported that an 85 year old male cruise passenger, on board the MS Marco Polo, was killed on Friday, February 14th, in the afternoon, after a freak wave hit the cruise ship.
The Marco Polo cruise ship, is a smaller British ship, at approximately 578 ft. long, and 77 ft. wide. The news broadcasted that the ship was only 288 ft long, but that information is incorrect. The MS Marco Polo can hold up to 820 passengers, but the ship was about 100 people shy of that amount on this particular cruise.
Another passenger was flown off the ship by helicopter, and 14 other passengers were injured. The ship was in the English Channel, when 80 mph winds caused waves to hit the ship.
The ship had been sailing on this particular itinerary since January 5th, and was headed back to return to its home port of Tilbury. Most of the passengers that were on board at the time that the rogue wave hit, were from Britain. There was also approximately 350 crew members on the ship, as well.
The male passenger was injured when the rogue wave busted the windows on the 6th floor, in the Waldorf Restaurant. He passed away on the air-lift ride to the hospital. A fellow passenger stated that they believed a 2nd person was flown out, which was a female.
Rogue waves aren't something you hear of every day, and cruise ships can usually take the hits rather well, depending on the angle they are at, when the wave hits. In this case, a restaurant surrounded by windows, wasn't a good place to be. Prayers go out to the families.
News source: http://abcnews.go.com/News/passenger-board-ms-marco-polo-killed-wave-hits/story?id=22529571
Photo Credit - By Donald Macleod from Stornoway, Scotland (Marco Polo & Isle of Lewis) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cruise_ship_MS_Marco_Polo.jpg
ABC news reported that an 85 year old male cruise passenger, on board the MS Marco Polo, was killed on Friday, February 14th, in the afternoon, after a freak wave hit the cruise ship.
The Marco Polo cruise ship, is a smaller British ship, at approximately 578 ft. long, and 77 ft. wide. The news broadcasted that the ship was only 288 ft long, but that information is incorrect. The MS Marco Polo can hold up to 820 passengers, but the ship was about 100 people shy of that amount on this particular cruise.
Another passenger was flown off the ship by helicopter, and 14 other passengers were injured. The ship was in the English Channel, when 80 mph winds caused waves to hit the ship.
The ship had been sailing on this particular itinerary since January 5th, and was headed back to return to its home port of Tilbury. Most of the passengers that were on board at the time that the rogue wave hit, were from Britain. There was also approximately 350 crew members on the ship, as well.
The male passenger was injured when the rogue wave busted the windows on the 6th floor, in the Waldorf Restaurant. He passed away on the air-lift ride to the hospital. A fellow passenger stated that they believed a 2nd person was flown out, which was a female.
Rogue waves aren't something you hear of every day, and cruise ships can usually take the hits rather well, depending on the angle they are at, when the wave hits. In this case, a restaurant surrounded by windows, wasn't a good place to be. Prayers go out to the families.
News source: http://abcnews.go.com/News/passenger-board-ms-marco-polo-killed-wave-hits/story?id=22529571
Photo Credit - By Donald Macleod from Stornoway, Scotland (Marco Polo & Isle of Lewis) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cruise_ship_MS_Marco_Polo.jpg
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