Accident Of Msc Opera Cruise Ship

A cruise ship has crashed into a dock in Venice hitting a smaller vessel.

Accident of msc opera cruise ship. MSC Opera crash in Venice report cites violations on cruise ship as cause Posted on July 3 2020 by campaignforalivingvenice Over 300 pages to explain the reasons for the collision that happened in June 2019 against a riverboat and dock. English tourist Duncan Ogle-Skan was filming from his accommodation as the ship crashed into the dock. The ships engines were stuck on reports suggest.

The video below is really scary. 16 rows On June 2 2019 the docked in downtown Venice Italy on Giudecca Canal. The allision had made worldwide headlines with video of the accident airing on worldwide news reports and contributing to the arguments that large cruise ships should be banned from Venice.

The accident took place on June 2 2019 as the MSC Opera was approaching the cruise terminal. The MSC Opera its horns blaring ploughed into a wharf in San Basilio-Zattere. After the MSC Opera struck both a pier and a river cruise ship in Italy the caught-on-video incident immediately went viral.

She sustained superficial scratches. The MSC Opera is a 66000 tonne ship with a capacity of 2700 passengers. It was a collision that injured four passengers including two Australians but could have been so much worse.

The MSC Opera cruise ship apparently unable to stop blared its horn as it slammed into the much smaller river boat and the dock as dozens of people run away in panic. The accident happened on June 2 2019 as the MSC Opera was approaching the cruise terminal after having made its scenic sail into the port past the famed St. Four injured as MSC Opera liner hits dock and tourist boat.

Speaking to the harbour master the. MSC Opera cruise ship is seen after a crash in San Basilio dock in Venice Italy June 2 2019. In a recording of the captain of cruise ship MSC Opera IMO 9250464 prior to its collision with a berth in Venice and tourist vessel River Countess he can be heard describing an engine fault causing the incident.