This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/13/one-dead-accident-worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-harmony-of-the-seas
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Crewman killed in accident on world's biggest cruise ship | Crewman killed in accident on world's biggest cruise ship |
| (about 5 hours later) | |
| One person has died and four others have been injured, two of them critically, after a lifeboat fell from the world’s largest cruise liner while it was docked at Marseille. | One person has died and four others have been injured, two of them critically, after a lifeboat fell from the world’s largest cruise liner while it was docked at Marseille. |
| The boat, with five crew members on board, reportedly detached from the fifth deck of the Harmony of the Seas during a training exercise and fell 10 metres (30ft) into the water. | The boat, with five crew members on board, reportedly detached from the fifth deck of the Harmony of the Seas during a training exercise and fell 10 metres (30ft) into the water. |
| The dead crewman was said to be a 42-year-old from the Philippines. French press reports said three of the injured were also Filipino and the fourth was Indian. | The dead crewman was said to be a 42-year-old from the Philippines. French press reports said three of the injured were also Filipino and the fourth was Indian. |
| Julien Ruas, a deputy mayor of Marseille, said two of the injured men were in a critical condition in Marseille Nord hospital and the other two were being treated for “serious multiple injuries”. | |
| French gendarmes have opened an inquiry into the cause of the accident and are examining why cables attaching the lifeboat to the liner suddenly broke. | French gendarmes have opened an inquiry into the cause of the accident and are examining why cables attaching the lifeboat to the liner suddenly broke. |
| The Harmony of the Seas is a 120,000-tonne liner operated by Royal Caribbean, based in Florida. It is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, and five times the volume of the Titanic. It has 16 decks and can carry nearly 6,400 passengers and 2,400 crew. It had sailed to Marseille from Palma, in Majorca. | The Harmony of the Seas is a 120,000-tonne liner operated by Royal Caribbean, based in Florida. It is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, and five times the volume of the Titanic. It has 16 decks and can carry nearly 6,400 passengers and 2,400 crew. It had sailed to Marseille from Palma, in Majorca. |
| Royal Caribbean said: “We regret the sad death of a crew member of the Harmony of the Seas that happened this morning during a rescue exercise in the port of Marseille. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and other members of our crew.” | Royal Caribbean said: “We regret the sad death of a crew member of the Harmony of the Seas that happened this morning during a rescue exercise in the port of Marseille. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and other members of our crew.” |
| STX France, the shipyard, where the Harmony of the Seas was built, has signed a “letter of intention” with Royal Caribbean to build three new ocean liners for around €2.5bn (£2.1bn). | STX France, the shipyard, where the Harmony of the Seas was built, has signed a “letter of intention” with Royal Caribbean to build three new ocean liners for around €2.5bn (£2.1bn). |