A fireplace occured this afternoon on the Icon of the Seas, whereas the Royal Caribbean cruise ship was docked in Costa Maya, Mexico.
As predicted, the cruise line promptly launched the standard speaking factors that: (1) the hearth was “small,” (2) prompted “transient” energy loss, and (3) was “rapidly extinguished.” Happily, nobody has said that there have been any accidents to passengers or crew members.
The favored Cruise Radio studies that “energy failed all through the ship, impacting elevators, air con, service stations, and cabins.”
A Royal Caribbean spokesperson spoke by phone to Cruise Radio and lined all the ordinary PR bases, stating that “a small hearth occurred on the Icon of the Seas on Tuesday. The hearth was rapidly extinguished, and the ship additionally skilled a short lack of energy.”
A PR announcement was additionally made on the cruise ship which said, partially: “There was an incident on Icon of the Seas on the decrease decks, non-technical areas. Our extremely educated crew members are coping with the state of affairs at hand . . .”
It’s curious that the “Solely In Dade” web site studies, “in accordance with one of many passengers, a loud explosion occurred . . . ” I ponder precisely what that was about?
That is the second energy lack of the Icon of the Seas with the primary occuring on Might nineteenth, in accordance with Cruise Hive and Cruise Radio.
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June 26, 2024 Replace: Crew Center studies that in accordance with an unnamed supply, the hearth was “within the engine room.” Additionally, “shortly after the preliminary incident, a second emergency was introduced with an Alpha code for a medical emergency on the aft gangway. Some passengers aboard the Icon of the Seas reported that the primary emergency calls have been for the ahead engine rooms . . . ”
Most “protection’ by the standard newspapers include hyperbolic, over-the-top nothing-to see-here cheerleading, with nearly no info, like this: “There have been ‘no accidents‘ and the ‘small hearth‘ – which was ‘remoted to a crew space‘ – was ‘rapidly extinguished.’ The ship’s backup energy was ‘activated instantly,’ and the primary energy programs have been restored.” https://www.usatoday.com/…/royal-caribbean…/74214662007/
Picture credit score: Icon of the Seas – Chakie2 CC BY-SA 4.0 commons / wikimedia; hearth workforce on cruise ship descending stairs – Solely In Dade.
