Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
BY JESSICA REESE
ANCHOR LAUREN GORES
A fuel-line leak is to blame for the fire that turned the Carnival Triumph cruise into a floating nightmare last week. Coast Guard officials say the leak sprayed oil on a hot surface, which started the fire.
The New York Times reports the fire destroyed ship’s generators and forced the crew to evacuate the engine room. As a result the ship lost complete power.
Even so a Coast Guard spokesperson says “the crew responded appropriately” and the ship’s “fire suppression system had worked properly.”
But, why wasn’t there an emergency backup plan? CNN points out another potential safety issue that could’ve caused.
“Maritime experts we’ve talked to say sometimes its actually unsafe to start up secondary systems because of possible damage caused by the fire, which could spark other problems down the road.”
The next step in the investigation is to find out how to prevent a crisis like this from happening again in the future.
Bloomberg reports the investigation will take six months, and will include interviews with passengers and crew members. Also, the Coast Guard plans to figure out why the ship was disabled for so long after the initial fire, which left the ship and all on board stranded for four days.
But, the investigation will mostly be done under the Bahamian government since the ship is owned by the country. The Examiner explains this detail could be the real problem in this case.
The majority of ships in the cruise industry are under a foreign flag, and because of this they are not liable to American safety and labor laws. According to the Examiner the American Flagship Project plans to build more ships to sail under the American flag to protect the 90 percent American passengers.
As the investigation continues, passengers have started to file lawsuits against Carnival. The cruise line offered passengers full reimbursements, credit for another cruise, and $500 in compensation.
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
BY JESSICA REESE
ANCHOR LAUREN GORES
A fuel-line leak is to blame for the fire that turned the Carnival Triumph cruise into a floating nightmare last week. Coast Guard officials say the leak sprayed oil on a hot surface, which started the fire.
The New York Times reports the fire destroyed ship’s generators and forced the crew to evacuate the engine room. As a result the ship lost complete power.
Even so a Coast Guard spokesperson says “the crew responded appropriately” and the ship’s “fire suppression system had worked properly.”
But, why wasn’t there an emergency backup plan? CNN points out another potential safety issue that could’ve caused.
“Maritime experts we’ve talked to say sometimes its actually unsafe to start up secondary systems because of possible damage caused by the fire, which could spark other problems down the road.”
The next step in the investigation is to find out how to prevent a crisis like this from happening again in the future.
Bloomberg reports the investigation will take six months, and will include interviews with passengers and crew members. Also, the Coast Guard plans to figure out why the ship was disabled for so long after the initial fire, which left the ship and all on board stranded for four days.
But, the investigation will mostly be done under the Bahamian government since the ship is owned by the country. The Examiner explains this detail could be the real problem in this case.
The majority of ships in the cruise industry are under a foreign flag, and because of this they are not liable to American safety and labor laws. According to the Examiner the American Flagship Project plans to build more ships to sail under the American flag to protect the 90 percent American passengers.
As the investigation continues, passengers have started to file lawsuits against Carnival. The cruise line offered passengers full reimbursements, credit for another cruise, and $500 in compensation.
