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Two fishermen died after a cruise ship failed to rescue them
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 Laura Nineham
Cuenta sobre la omisión de auxilio de un Carnival cruceros a unos náufragos, lo siento pero me sale del alma, además hay fotos en el artículo, vaya tela con los capitanes de esta compañía, la misma que le Costa Concordia y su nefasto capitán.
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Passengers say captain ignored their pleas to help after they spotted the stranded boat
An investigation has been launched after passengers on board the cruise ship Star Princess claimed their pleas to rescue a boat stranded in the Pacific Ocean went ignored.
The fishing boat, named Fifty Cents, had been floating adrift in the ocean for two weeks before the cruise ship - owned by Carnival, the same company that operated Costa Concordia - passed her by.
It's believed that one of the three Panamanian fishermen died of dehydration just hours after the sighting, the Guardian reports. A second boy, aged just 16, died five days later suffering from dehydration, sunburn and heat stroke. Adrian Vasquez was eventually rescued after spending a total of 28 days stranded at sea.
Vasquez told Panama-Guide.com that he was waving a red t-shirt and his friend was waving a bright orange jacket to attract the attention of the cruise ship. He added: "For a minute it looked like they were going to turn to come for us, but then they just went on their way."
According to Panama-Guide.com a crewmember spoke with the captain, who said their course was being altered to "avoid the fisherman's nets".
An investigation is currently underway to establish what happened when passengers claim they tried to raise the alarm on March 10. Carnival says the message didn't reach the captain, blaming a communications breakdown for the tragedy.
Jeff Gilligan was one of the passengers of Star Princess who tried to instigate the rescue of the fishermen. He said a member of the crew had looked through binoculars at the boat and agreed that he could see what they had described to him.
"We suggested that the people from the bridge came down and looked. He said they had binoculars," Gilligan explained. "We were convinced the bridge knew what was happening and thought maybe it took a while to turn around. But after a while we realised it wasn't turning. But we told ourselves that this cruise ship would have radioed coastguards."
After his rescue Vasquez was tracked down by Panama-based blogger Don Winner, who was able to confirm that the fisherman had seen the cruise ship. He also confirmed that the photo above, taken by Gilligan and published on Panama-Guide.com, was of Fifty Cents stranded at sea. Winner later published satellite-tracking data on the website, which proves that Star Princess was in the same area as the stranded boat at the same time.
"Princess Cruises deeply regrets that two Panamanian men perished at sea after their boat became disabled in early March," a statement said.
"We all understand that it is our responsibility and also the law of the sea to provide assistance to any vessel in distress, and it is not an uncommon occurrence for our ships to be involved in a rescue at sea. In fact, we have done so more than 30 times in the last 10 years. We deeply regret this incident and are continuing our investigation to fully understand the circumstances."
The investigation is still underway.
You can read more about this story on Panama-Guide.com
Read more at http://www.ybw.com/news/motorboats/5...FtQvlOeu5sW.99
Two fishermen died after a cruise ship failed to rescue them
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 Laura Nineham
Cuenta sobre la omisión de auxilio de un Carnival cruceros a unos náufragos, lo siento pero me sale del alma, además hay fotos en el artículo, vaya tela con los capitanes de esta compañía, la misma que le Costa Concordia y su nefasto capitán.
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Passengers say captain ignored their pleas to help after they spotted the stranded boat
An investigation has been launched after passengers on board the cruise ship Star Princess claimed their pleas to rescue a boat stranded in the Pacific Ocean went ignored.
The fishing boat, named Fifty Cents, had been floating adrift in the ocean for two weeks before the cruise ship - owned by Carnival, the same company that operated Costa Concordia - passed her by.
It's believed that one of the three Panamanian fishermen died of dehydration just hours after the sighting, the Guardian reports. A second boy, aged just 16, died five days later suffering from dehydration, sunburn and heat stroke. Adrian Vasquez was eventually rescued after spending a total of 28 days stranded at sea.
Vasquez told Panama-Guide.com that he was waving a red t-shirt and his friend was waving a bright orange jacket to attract the attention of the cruise ship. He added: "For a minute it looked like they were going to turn to come for us, but then they just went on their way."
According to Panama-Guide.com a crewmember spoke with the captain, who said their course was being altered to "avoid the fisherman's nets".
An investigation is currently underway to establish what happened when passengers claim they tried to raise the alarm on March 10. Carnival says the message didn't reach the captain, blaming a communications breakdown for the tragedy.
Jeff Gilligan was one of the passengers of Star Princess who tried to instigate the rescue of the fishermen. He said a member of the crew had looked through binoculars at the boat and agreed that he could see what they had described to him.
"We suggested that the people from the bridge came down and looked. He said they had binoculars," Gilligan explained. "We were convinced the bridge knew what was happening and thought maybe it took a while to turn around. But after a while we realised it wasn't turning. But we told ourselves that this cruise ship would have radioed coastguards."
After his rescue Vasquez was tracked down by Panama-based blogger Don Winner, who was able to confirm that the fisherman had seen the cruise ship. He also confirmed that the photo above, taken by Gilligan and published on Panama-Guide.com, was of Fifty Cents stranded at sea. Winner later published satellite-tracking data on the website, which proves that Star Princess was in the same area as the stranded boat at the same time.
"Princess Cruises deeply regrets that two Panamanian men perished at sea after their boat became disabled in early March," a statement said.
"We all understand that it is our responsibility and also the law of the sea to provide assistance to any vessel in distress, and it is not an uncommon occurrence for our ships to be involved in a rescue at sea. In fact, we have done so more than 30 times in the last 10 years. We deeply regret this incident and are continuing our investigation to fully understand the circumstances."
The investigation is still underway.
You can read more about this story on Panama-Guide.com
Read more at http://www.ybw.com/news/motorboats/5...FtQvlOeu5sW.99