1998 Cruise Ship Fire

Marine Accident Investigation Branch UK Fire on Board the Liberian Passenger Ship Ecstasy Miami Florida - July 20 1998 NTSB Report Number.

1998 cruise ship fire. Passengers were reportedly on board the ship at the time of the incident. Fire crews appeared to have brought the blaze under control by 430pm. Published 26 November 1999.

Credit providerREUTERS In mid-February an engine room fire onboard the Carnival Cruises ship Triumph left. Luca Biondolillo spokesperson for the cruise line told USA TODAY. The fire occurred in a mechanical area on the Freedom of the Seas cruise ship.

The MSC has agreed that future large passenger ships should be designed for improved survivability based on the time-honoured principle that a ship is its own best lifeboat. The ship was built in 1998 and refurbished this year. Passengers were not injured but were sent to live boats because of the risk.

The incident left one person dead and 14 others injured. The blue sky soon after the 855-foot vessel cleared the port of Miami and headed for what was to have been a first-leg cruise. Cruise ship fire aboard Carnival Ecstasy July 20 1998 after leaving the Port of Miami with 2557 passengers and 920 crew aboard with 60 people injured.

A welders spark in a laundry room raced through an air duct and caused an explosive-type fire aboard the giant cruise ship Ecstasy the president of Carnival Corp. Fire also represents a particular vulnerability for large cruise ships. July 20 1998 A cruise ship fire on the Carnival Ecstasy left 60 people injured.

About 60 people were reported injured most for smoke inhalation. The passengers scrambled to grab their life jackets and in this case all of them were moved from the ship. The fire broke out shortly after leaving the Port of Miami with 2557 passengers and 920 crewmembers onboard.