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Death Toll at Queen Mary 2 Collapse Reached 15
World | November 16, 2003, Sunday // 00:00
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Rescue workers surround luxury cruise liner Queen Mary II that claimed 15 lives and injured over 30 people. The gangway that collapsed was installed Friday for a weekend visit of the nearly complete oceanliner. Photo by AFP
Flags flew at half-staff in this industrial port city Sunday as it mourned the deaths of 15 people killed when a crowded gangway leading to the docked luxury ship Queen Mary 2 collapsed. The accident took place Saturday at the world's largest and most expensive oceanliner initially claimed 13 lives, but two more people had died of their injuries by Sunday morning, officials in this city in western France said. About 30 others were injured, with some hospitalised in serious condition, rescue officials said. The gangway was installed Friday for a weekend visit by construction workers and their families of the nearly complete oceanliner before its maiden voyage planned for January.
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