The most painful cruise ship disaster in history

The disaster of cruise ships has taken away the lives of several tens to thousands of people, causing the world to be shocked and distressed.

1. Passenger ship RMS Titanic encountered the most serious maritime accident in human history in April 1912.At that time, the Titanic carried 2,224 passengers and sailors but brought only 20 rescue boats with enough space for 1,178 people.

At 23:40 on April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck icebergs on the Atlantic Ocean, about 600 km south of Newfoundland Island, Canada.At 2:20 pm on April 15, the Titanic sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving more than 1,500 people dead.

2. One of the most shocking travel ship disaster is the overturned SS Eastland ship that claimed 845 lives, most of them women and children.At the time of the accident, SS Eastland carried 2,752 passengers.

After 15 minutes of departure, due to the large number of passengers flocking to one side of the ship, the SS Eastland ship lost its balance and turned completely to one side.As a result, hundreds of people standing on the side of the train were incapacitated and hundreds of others died due to heavy furniture.

3. In 2005, the whole world was shaken when the cruise ship was dubbed the "5-star beach hotel" Seabourn Spirit carrying 151 passengers (most of them Americans) and crew of 160 who encountered pirates. when 160 km from the Somalia coast.The pirate group used AK rifles, one carrying B40 shoulder to attack the ship.

Thanks to the smart steering of the captain, the ship accelerated and changed direction so the pirates could not approach the ship and gave up.Fortunately, no one on board was injured but this was a maritime tragedy that shocked the world.

4. Costa Concordia cruise ship carrying 4,200 people hit the reef near Giglio island of Italy at 21:42 on January 13, 2012, causing the ship to sink into the sea.This ship sinking disaster killed 32 people.

The captain of Costa Concordia was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison for sinking ships and abandoning passengers when the ship crashed.

5. In November 2010, the cruise ship Carnival Splendor carried 3,299 passengers, mostly American, and 1,167 crew members from California (USA) had a terrible disaster.Specifically, when about 320 km south of San Diego, fire rises in the engine room at the stern.

Fires are quickly extinguished but power and water loss as well as telecommunications communications such as mobile phones and the internet are completely cut off.Although there were no casualties, all the passengers and crew on the Carnival Splendor had to struggle to live in poverty in the days of being stranded at sea.

7. In December 2012, the giant cruise ship Carnival Triumph of the United States carried more than 4,200 people who had a fire problem in the engine room.The accident that happened off the coast of Mexico made this cruise ship drift over the sea.

Later, the corvette came to tow Carnival Triumph to Mexico's Progreso port.