US SENATOR Bill Nelson has called for the US National Transportation Safety Board to investigate why Anthem of the Seas sailed into the storm last weekend (CW 09 Feb). “The thing about this storm was that it was forecast for days. So why in the world would a cruise ship...
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US SENATOR Bill Nelson
has called for the US National
Transportation Safety Board to
investigate why Anthem of the
Seas sailed into the storm last
weekend (CW 09 Feb).
“The thing about this storm
was that it was forecast for days.
So why in the world would a
cruise ship with thousands of
passengers go sailing right into
it?” Nelson said Mon on the
Senate floor.
Royal Caribbean broadcast an
interview with the ship master
Claus Andre Andersen to all the
staterooms on the RCTV internal
channel the day after the storm.
Andersen assured guests of his
experience and said the storm
was not forecast.
He said they were expecting a
“very durable” 4-5m of seas and
90km/h winds – not the 9m and
296km/h experienced.
“I’m telling you it’s a weird
storm that we experienced, but
the ship handled it very well.”
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