MSC CRUISES HAS DENIED REPORTS THAT THERE was an explosion onboard MSC Opera last Saturday, saying the ship’s loss of power was the result of a drop of tension that caused an electrical panel problem which stopped propulsion. “The short circuit might have resulted in some noise, but no fires...
MSC CRUISES HAS DENIED REPORTS THAT THERE
was an explosion onboard MSC Opera last
Saturday, saying the ship’s loss of power was
the result of a drop of tension that caused
an electrical panel problem which stopped
propulsion.
“The short circuit might have resulted in
some noise, but no fires neither smoke were
involved,” MSC said in a statement.
The incident occured on 14 May during a
sea day whilst Opera was sailing on a 10-
day roundtrip cruise from Southampton.
A tug boat towed Opera to the port of
Nynamshamn (nearby Stockholm) where it
arrived on 16 May at around 11am, before
guests disembarked and were escorted by
MSC Cruises staff to Stockholm and safely
repatriated to their home countries.
For their troubles guests have been issued
with a credit voucher to the value of their
10-day cruise valid for use until Dec 2012.
As a result of the glitch, Opera’s 17 May
Southampton roundtrip cruise has been
cancelled, and all guests have been “duly
compensated”.
Opera will resume operations on 27 May
with an eight-night Baltic voyage out of
Southampton.
