Norwegian Cruise Ship Ran Aground off Bermuda

By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

 The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship with more than 3,700 people on board ran aground in Bermuda after the vessel temporarily lost power.

Small boats, divers and tug boats circled the liner Norwegian Dawn for hours before high tide helped push it off the reef and into deeper water, where the ship dropped anchor for the night, the company said in a statement.
The ship - with 2,675 passengers and 1,062 crew members - was departing King's Wharf, Bermuda, when it lost power, cruise line officials and the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Norwegian Cruise Line said in a statement that the ship temporarily lost power and its propulsion was affected. Officials said everyone aboard is safe and that the ship has full power.
"All guests and crew are safe and there were absolutely no injuries," cruise officials said.
The company said the ship’s officers, engineers and an independent dive team have confirmed its structural integrity, and that the vessel will also be thoroughly inspected in Bermuda by DNVGL, the ship’s classification society, before returning to Boston.
The Norwegian Dawn was on a seven-day, round-trip cruise to Bermuda, where it spent three days in port.
The situation raised concern among those scheduled to travel from Boston to Bermuda aboard the Norwegian Dawn on Friday, including Nicole Boucher of Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
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