Cruise Ship Engine Fire
The ship was sailing from Bergen Norway to the town of Kirkenes when the fire started.
Cruise ship engine fire. The site stated that the four main engines are undamaged by the fire but further investigations will need to be undertaken before an attempt to restart them later today. Cruise ship returning to service after engine room fire. According to Professional Mariner the fire aboard the Insignia killed two contractors and a crewmember.
An engine room fire disabled the Carnival Cruise Lines vessel Tropicale Sunday night leaving 1096 passengers adrift in the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Harvey closed in. The fire which started in the auxiliary engine room reportedly damaged three engines used to generate power onboard the cruise ship. Aurora made the last stop to Kings Wharf Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda before heading to Ponta Delgada the Azores when a fire started in the engine room at around 1300 September 20.
This resulted in reduced speed and altering the itineraries significantly. The master ordered the passengers aboard the vessel to evacuate to. On May 8 2013 the Carnival cruise ship Triumph left a port in the US.
Cruise Capital said that the fire was extinguished by the crew. An ER fire can disable the entire vessel by causing for instance a power loss blackout which might lead to inhabitability collision grounding and other dangers. Carnival Cruise Lines-Russ Cramer 2011 In the early morning hours of November 8 2010 fire broke out in the aft engine room of Carnival Splendor a 113300 ton passenger cruise ship carrying over 3000 guests.
This morning the Carnival Triumph lost propulsion in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine room fire disabled its main engines. The engine room fires disabled both cruise ships which had to be towed back to the US. The engine room fire left passengers on the ship stranded at sea for five days in what many described as horrific conditions.
An announcement by the captain was made around 715 am via the loudspeakers all over the ship for firefighting teams to respond to the Engine room 5 vertical stack 2. November 30 2015 Update from Princess Cruises 553 PM EST. Educational Video about Engine Room Fires and Local Protection Hi Fog system used in the Engine RoomTwo accidents both on RCCL Royal Caribbean Cruises L.
