Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:40 PM
Rhiannon12866 (129,742 posts)
Titanic cruise ship forced to turn back briefly
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A cruise ship retracing the Titanic's fateful voyage 100 years ago was forced to turn back towards Ireland on Tuesday after a passenger developed heart problems. The Balmoral is carrying 1,309 passengers, about the same number as were on the Titanic. Among them are relatives of those who lost their lives, relatives of survivors and historians. The Titanic Memorial Cruise had departed from Southampton, England, on Sunday to follow the doomed ship's route to New York. The passengers had intended to hold a memorial service at the spot where it sank on the night of April 14-15. The Balmoral had left the port of Cobh in Ireland late on Monday night and was sailing through heavy weather when Captain Robert Bamberg announced on Tuesday afternoon it would have to turn back to return within helicopter range of Ireland to allow the sick passenger to be evacuated. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/britain-titanic-idUSL6E8FA55K20120410 Not a good year for a cruise... 
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 Titanic cruise ship forced to turn back briefly (Original post) |
Rhiannon12866 | Apr 2012 | OP |
| Rhiannon12866 | Apr 2012 | #1 | |
| Seedersandleechers | Apr 2012 | #2 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | Apr 2012 | #3 | |
| Spider Jerusalem | Apr 2012 | #11 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | Apr 2012 | #12 | |
| Cooley Hurd | Apr 2012 | #14 | |
| muriel_volestrangler | Apr 2012 | #4 | |
| Myrina | Apr 2012 | #7 | |
| dipsydoodle | Apr 2012 | #5 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | Apr 2012 | #6 | |
| dipsydoodle | Apr 2012 | #8 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | Apr 2012 | #10 | |
| Cooley Hurd | Apr 2012 | #9 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | Apr 2012 | #13 | |
| RedCloud | Apr 2012 | #15 |
Response to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:43 PM
Rhiannon12866 (129,742 posts)
1. BTW, this is inaccurate. The number of passengers is fewer than those who died in 1912.
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:45 PM
2. I wonder if they would have done the same
Response to Seedersandleechers (Reply #2)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:51 PM
Rhiannon12866 (129,742 posts)
3. Good point, since it all depended on the timing
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But one major factor was that they were traveling faster than was prudent, were trying for a record. Any delay might have caused them to go even faster.
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #3)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:42 PM
Spider Jerusalem (21,279 posts)
11. No, they weren't trying for a record
Response to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #11)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 10:44 PM
Rhiannon12866 (129,742 posts)
12. Thank you, I should have remembered
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I first read "A Night to Remember" when I was 10-years-old, would pour over the book. Since the movie 15 years ago, I'm afraid many of the true facts have been muddled.
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Response to Seedersandleechers (Reply #2)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:54 PM
muriel_volestrangler (95,606 posts)
4. No, but it wouldn't really be a comparable situation
Response to Seedersandleechers (Reply #2)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 03:12 PM
7. No, there was (at least 1) very ill person on board ...
Response to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 03:02 PM
5. Sick passenger was a journalist
Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #5)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 03:07 PM
Rhiannon12866 (129,742 posts)
6. Thanks for the update!
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #6)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 04:09 PM
8. I nearly got it right - was a BBC cameraman
Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #8)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:56 PM
Rhiannon12866 (129,742 posts)
10. Thanks so much! Poor guy, this was a pretty cool assignment...
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:22 PM
9. I heard he ate the fish...
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Response to Cooley Hurd (Reply #9)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 02:38 AM
Rhiannon12866 (129,742 posts)
13. That was probably the freshest meal on board...
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:23 PM
15. Compacted trash berg right ahead!
