Fishing Boat Rescues Damaged Luxury Cruise Ship

World | February 28, 2012, Tuesday // 09:23

Italian luxury cruise ship Costa Allegra has been taken on the tow by a passing French fishing ship, after it lost it engines.

Costa Allegra was freely floating without steering in the Indian Ocean following a fire in the power generator compartment of the ship.

The fire was extinguished, but left the engines unusable.

Fortunately, no-one from the close to 1,000 passengers and crew has been injured during the dramatic events.

The fishing boat will tow the cruise ship to a nearby islands, where passengers and crew will stay before being transported to the Seychelles.

The Costa Allegra belongs to Costa Cruises, the company also owning the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the Italian island of Giglio, capsizing and killing at least 25 of its passengers, with 7 still missing.

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Tags: Indian Ocean, Seychelles, fishing boat, cruise ship, French, Italian, Costa Concordia

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