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Little Tich

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8. Boat reaches Italian cruise ship adrift off Seychelles

Reply to jannyk (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 09:13 PM

Feb 2012

Source: BBC

A fishing boat has reached the cruise ship adrift in the Indian Ocean with more than 1,000 people on board, officials say.

The Costa Allegra suffered a fire in its generator room that caused it to lose power south-west of the Seychelles - an area plagued by pirates.

It has no lights or air-conditioning and an emergency generator providing communications "could fail at any minute", the Italian coast guard says.

Tugs are still some hours away.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17186829

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BBC: Cruise ship Costa Allegra adrift off Seychelles [View all] jannyk Feb 2012 OP

636 passengers and 413 crew liberal N proud Feb 2012 #1

I was on this ship about 12 years ago jannyk Feb 2012 #4

oh man melm00se Feb 2012 #2

Yeah, I don't think the old saying "All publicity is good publicity" Cal Carpenter Feb 2012 #3

Boy, if Costa Concordia didn't kill this company, this is the proverbial straw on the camel. nt TheWraith Feb 2012 #5

'This Company' being Carnival Cruise Line I presume jannyk Feb 2012 #7

Allegra? itsrobert Feb 2012 #6

Boat reaches Italian cruise ship adrift off Seychelles Little Tich Feb 2012 #8

Pretty place to get stranded, though - n/t primavera Feb 2012 #9

If you could get to land. Just the thought of conditions without electricity and, I wonder, flush CTyankee Feb 2012 #10