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The fire-damaged rear of Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship is seen while docked in Freeport, Grand Bahama island, Monday, May 27, 2013. Royal Caribbean said the fire occurred early Monday while on route from Baltimore to the Bahamas on the mooring area of deck 3 and was quickly extinguished. All 2,224 guests and 796 crew were safe and accounted for. (AP Photo/The Freeport News, Jenneva Russell)

Another cruise ship mishap sends passengers home early

Last updated Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 9:09am

BALTIMORE — For the second time this year, a fire at sea has aborted a cruise ship’s voyage. This time, aboard Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas and the ship’s 2,200 passengers were expected back in Baltimore on Tuesday after being flown on charter flights from the Bahamas.

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Kendall Jenkins, left, of Houston, celebrates with Brittany Ferguson, of Houston, after getting off the Carnival Triump in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/John David Mercer)

Ill-fated cruise ship passengers celebrate end to miserable voyage

Brendan Farrington, Jay Reeves The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 15, 2013 - 10:36am

MOBILE, Ala. -- Passengers who finally escaped the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph were checking into hotels early Friday for a hot shower, food and sleep or boarding buses for a long haul home after five numbing days at sea on a ship left powerless by an engine-room fire.

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The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed into Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Stricken cruise ship slowly makes way for land

Jay Reeves, Ramit Plushnick-Masti The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 6:13pm

MOBILE, Ala. — This is not at all how it looked in the brochure: Pulled by a tugboat at a maddeningly slow pace, the ill-fated cruise ship Carnival Triumph finally drew within sight of land on Thursday as miserable passengers told stories of overflowing toilets, food shortages, foul odors and dangerously dark passageways.

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Passengers spell out the word "HELP" aboard the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph as it is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Misery for disabled cruise ship passengers continues as tow line snaps

Jay Reeves, Rami Plushnick-Masti The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 5:45pm

MOBILE, Ala. — A Carnival official says a snapped towline has delayed the disabled Triumph’s expected arrival in Mobile.

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In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 11, 2013, a small boat belonging to the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 11, 2013. The Carnival Triumph has been floating aimlessly about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula since a fire erupted in the aft engine room early Sunday, knocking out the ship's propulsion system. No one was injured and the fire was extinguished. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard- Lt. Cmdr. Paul McConnell)

Stranded cruise ship passengers using bags for toilets

Juan A. Lozano The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 6:23pm

HOUSTON -- Passengers onboard a disabled cruise ship being towed to shore in the Gulf of Mexico told relatives they are using plastic bags to do "their business" and are otherwise trying to make the best of a bad situation by sleeping under the stars instead of in their stuffy, hot cabins.

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Cruise ship fire strands 3,100 off coast of Mexico

Christopher Palmeri Bloomberg News

Last updated Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:57pm

LOS ANGELES — A fire on board a Carnival cruise ship has left 3,143 guests stranded off the coast of Mexico. No one was harmed.

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Fire-stricken cruise ship safe at Malaysian port

Eileen Ng The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 8:05am

SANDAKAN, Malaysia -- A luxury cruise ship stranded at sea for 24 hours because of a fire safely reached a Malaysian port where police and embassy officials stood by Sunday to help 1,000 people aboard.

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 by Zil Air and released by the Seychelles Office of the President, the Costa Allegra cruise ship is seen at sea near the Seychelles. Disabled by an engine fire, the cruise ship is being towed and should reach land Thursday, according to a spokesman for Costa Cruises. (AP Photo/Zil Air via Seychelles Office of the President)

Passengers on disabled cruise ship to fly to Rome

Jason Straziuso The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:33am

VICTORIA, Seychelles -- A disabled cruise ship being towed to the Seychelles' main port is expected to arrive Thursday morning -- three days after the ship lost power and began drifting in the Indian Ocean. An aviation official said passengers would begin flying to Rome within hours after arrival at port.

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An undated picture of the Costa Allegra cruise ship in Genoa's Harbor Italy. The Italian coast guard says a fire has broken out on an the Costa Allegra cruise ship off the Seychelles islands, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, and the ship is adrift, but the passengers are safe. The ship owner Costa Crociere says in a statement there were no injuries or casualties among the 636 passengers and 413 crew members. (AP Photo/Tano Pecoraro)

Cruise ship adrift in Indian Ocean after fire

Frances D'Emilio, Jason Straziuso The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 27, 2012 - 2:51pm

NAIROBI, Kenya — An Italian cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 people was adrift without power in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire erupted in its generator room. The blaze was extinguished without causing any injuries, an official said.

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