Cruise Ship Passengers Stranded on African Island What Happened?

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• Thousands stranded on Norwegian Dawn cruise ship hit by possible cholera outbreak
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• Cruise ship rescued 14 stranded at sea for over a week
• Stranded luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer is pulled free at high tide in Greenland
• Norwegian Cruise says stranded American passengers were over hour late to ship, given passports: report
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A video of the incident shows the Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew executing a medevac in order to transport the patient safely to land by helicopter. Jill and Jay Campbell, from Garden City in South Carolina, described attempting to board the vessel after arriving late. According to maritime law, a ship and crew have a legal and moral obligation to help save human life. Amodio said the crew had to take several trips to the small boat to rescue everyone. Everyone leaving the ship would still be screened by health officials, said Dr Bhooshun Ori, the director of health services at the Mauritius Ministry of Health. Cholera spreads through food or water contaminated with the bacteria that causes the disease.

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"Furniture would slide across the room, slide back and with it came people and glass. It was a very dangerous situation frankly," Jan Terbruegen said. Three of the ship's four engines are now working, and tug boats are trying to move the ship to shore. That's when the Campbells learned she was on the same island and took care of her. Julie Lenkoff, 80, suffered a stroke and potentially a heart attack during the trip, and the cruise line said they thought it was in her best interest to send her to a local clinic on São Tomé.

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She covers all things travel and home, from celebrities' luxury mansions to breaking travel news. Furthermore, Disney Cruise Line cannot be held responsible or liable for complications related to pregnancy at any stage, no matter when a guest sets sail. Captains use the signal instead of shouting orders to "prevent the potentiality of chaos." "Then shortly after, the captain came back on the speaker and announced they spotted a distressed vessel, and they were going to turn us around and investigate," she said. The eight-day vacation started in Miami and the ship was headed for Honduras. Amodio estimated from a map that the Icon of the Seas was between Cozumel, Mexico and western Cuba.

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The Norwegian Cruise Line secured the group's passports, as part of protocol, according to their statement, but didn't grab vital medicines, money or other belongings, according to the Campbells. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Campbells were thankful for the people of Sao Tome as they tried to navigate how they were going to catch up to the ship. “I believe that they really forgot that they are people working in the hospitality industry and that really the safety and the well-being of the customers should be their first priority, and that should be placed first," she said.

It's time to say goodbye to your worries and set sail on your next vacation. Royal Caribbean has made history in Miami this week with the arrival of their largest cruise ship yet, called Icon of the Seas. It has a bunch of weather-ready amenities, including its own chief meteorologist, and that's just the start. Lifestyle expert Carey Reilly is on deck to give us a sneak peek at the boatloads of fun. The largest cruise ship in the world rescued 14 people Sunday who had been stranded on a small boat for eight days.

A couple says they were stranded on a small African island after they missed a cruise ship's boarding deadline, according to local media. The cruise, which began in Miami, was headed for Honduras when the rescue happened, passengers said. Passengers captured video of the crew using a small vessel to ferry the group to the safety of the cruise ship. "The ship’s crew immediately launched a rescue operation, safely bringing 14 people onboard," the spokesperson said.

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They said that their tour’s operator notified the cruise captain that they were going to be late to rejoin the ship and that the local Coast Guard tried to get them on the vessel but that they weren’t allowed to board. The stranded guests made arrangements to rejoin the ship in Banjul, Gambia, but the vessel could not safely dock there due to "adverse weather conditions," Norwegian said. After chasing the ship through several countries, the eight stranded passengers finally caught up and boarded the ship by Wednesday morning, Norwegian Cruise Line told Fox News Digital.

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The evacuation took place 180 miles (290 kilometers) northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, while the ship was en route to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. A long distance evacuation of a pregnant woman aboard Disney Fantasy was carried out by US Coast Guard crews. The vessel, operated by Norwegian Cruise Lines, arrived in São Tome on Wednesday morning having departed Cape Town for the three-week cruise to Barcelona on 20 March. Its very first voyage with passengers was early this year, and FOX Weather got a tour. A regular cabin starts at around $2,000 per person for a 12-day cruise, according to the company's website. For $47,000, you can have a 3-bedroom Garden Villa that comes with a private garden, a hot tub, an outdoor dining area and your own butler service.

If they enter the 24th week of pregnancy during the sailing, they will likewise be refused embarkation. A female guest was successfully airlifted from Disney Fantasy on the morning of Monday, April 15, when the cruise ship was enjoying a day at sea after having departed Port Canaveral on Saturday, April 13. The group, which reportedly includes two Australians, had to leave their medication, bank cards and other belongings on board. The Campbells said they were the only members of the group with a Visa card and had paid more than $5,000 in their attempts to reach the ship. Eight cruise passengers had to scramble to reunite with their cruise ship after being left behind in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Speaking at the Scandic Hotel Alexandra, where many of the evacuated passengers are staying, Terbruegen described seeing the ship drifting toward rocks before being evacuated. Twenty people sustained injuries on the vessel, which was being tossed about by wind and waves, Viking Ocean Cruises said. All are being treated at medical facilities in Norway, or have already been discharged. "The safety and security of U.S. citizens is of the utmost importance, and we will provide more information as it becomes available," the embassy said in a statement. But her family said the cruise line never called Lenkoff's emergency contacts, and left her behind.

The São Tomé and Príncipe Coast Guard even took the passengers to the ship, but they weren't able to get on and had to turn back, WPDE reported. However, an excursion last Wednesday with six other people to São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation of some 220,000 people off West Africa, took an unfortunate turn. "They can either try to get out on their own help when the tide becomes high, they can get help from a nearby cruise ship, they can get assistance from Knud Rasmussen, or they can get help of one of our collaborators," Jensen said. The Joint Arctic Command said the earliest the Knud Rasmussen might reach the Ocean Explorer is Friday morning local time.

Jill said the cruise line "followed the rules too rigidly" during a Tuesday morning interview on The Today Show. But the couple was reconsidering whether they even wanted to return to the cruise. “We were able to get to a tour agency there to arrange flights to the next port of call.

The couple planned to travel back to Hamburg for an early morning flight to Frankfurt and then finally back to the UK, where they expected to arrive in London on Christmas Eve. On Sunday, he said, a rescue ship was alongside the Maud to provide navigation aid after the ship was diverted to Bremerhaven, Germany. The elderly passenger who was concussed was returned to the US, where she has made a "safe return," a spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line said.