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| Wave kills Marco Polo cruise ship passenger in Channel | Wave kills Marco Polo cruise ship passenger in Channel |
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| A cruise ship passenger has died after the vessel was hit by a large wave in the English Channel. | A cruise ship passenger has died after the vessel was hit by a large wave in the English Channel. |
| The wave hit the UK-based cruise ship MS Marco Polo as it headed for its home port of Tilbury, in Essex. | |
| Water crashed through a window injuring several passengers. An 85-year-old man and a woman in her 70s were airlifted off the ship but the man later died. | Water crashed through a window injuring several passengers. An 85-year-old man and a woman in her 70s were airlifted off the ship but the man later died. |
| A number of the 735 passengers on board suffered minor injuries, operator Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) said. | A number of the 735 passengers on board suffered minor injuries, operator Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) said. |
| The 22,000-tonne vessel had been on a 42-night voyage and was heading back from the Azores when the wave struck. | |
| The company said: "CMV regrets to advise that earlier today their cruise ship MS Marco Polo, en-route to her home port of Tilbury from the Azores, was hit by a freak wave during adverse sea conditions in the south western approaches of the English Channel. | |
| "One elderly passenger has died and a further passenger has been airlifted for further shore-side medical assistance. | |
| "The vessel sailed from Tilbury on January 5 and is carrying 735 mainly British passengers and 349 crew. | |
| "Our thoughts are very much with these passengers and their families during this difficult time." |