Comments for "Ocean liner in cyclone Valentina" Video at VideoSift.com

By silvercord

silvercord (http://silvercord.videosift.com) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:53:32 -0700

From Wiki News:

February 14, 2005

A passenger ship, the Voyager enroute between Spain's Balearic Islands to the Italian island of Sardinia, radioed a distress call earlier today after getting into difficulties in heavy seas. A huge wave shattered a bridge window, damaging control systems inside.

The Bahamian-registered ship is carrying 776 passengers and crew, 480 of them Spanish. Some sustained minor injurues when the ship sailed into the storm at 8am UTC today.

French and Spanish tugs have been dispatched to assist the vessel, and the British gas tanker Gimi has diverted to offer help and is relaying radio signals from the stricken ship. Voyager "is in a difficult situation but is not drifting", according to the French coastguard, with only a single propeller still providing force.

The ship was sailing from Tunis to Barcelona when she encountered the storm. The crew have restored power to two of her four engines and she is now diverting to Tunis, and is expected to reach port on Tuesday.

Check this line out again:

A huge wave shattered a bridge window, damaging control systems inside. Wow! That must have looked impressive as the bow dived down into the trough.

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By johnald128

johnald128 (http://www.videosift.com/member/johnald128) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:49:19 -0700

not wise to send a helicopter there then? oh...

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:54:25 -0700

I'm surprised the waves at T- 2:38 or so didnt kill people. I bet the captain is feeling pretty LAME about there for bringing all these people into this...

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:35:26 -0700

Ugh, I would definitely get sea sick and puke all over!

By westy

westy (http://www.videosift.com/member/westy) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:38:09 -0700

lol that looks fun id mutch rather be in that than heavy terbulance on a plane

By Bigboomer

Bigboomer (http://www.videosift.com/member/Bigboomer) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:15:52 -0700

I hope they remembered to refill the swimming pools.

By Chaucer

Chaucer (http://www.videosift.com/member/Chaucer) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:55:59 -0700

When I was 11 or 12, I was on a cruise ship that got stuck in a tropical storm in the carribean. I dont remember much about the cruise other than this horrible storm (and a horrible sunburn I got on treasure island). I remember there was puke EVERYWHERE... in the hallways, the lobbies, everywhere.