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Some cruise passengers suffer parting indignity

By Associated Press

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LAST UPDATED: 12:08 p.m. HST, Feb 15, 2013

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Passengers from the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship arrive by bus at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans today. The ship had been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

HOUSTON » Some passengers who fled the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph and left Alabama aboard charter buses suffered yet another setback on their way home when one of the buses broke down.

Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen says a bus got sidelined today on the way to New Orleans after leaving Mobile, Ala.

He says another bus was available and those aboard were transferred and continued to New Orleans where they arrived safely later Friday morning.

The ship carrying some 4,200 people and under tow by tugboats docked late Thursday, after an engine-room fire Sunday left it powerless and adrift.






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loquaciousone wrote:
Reminds me of that cartoon character who walked around with those dark clouds hanging over him.
on February 15,2013 | 09:14AM
NanakuliBoss wrote:
OMG, is this news or Reality Newspaper. I mean, how much do these cruisers have to suffer!
on February 15,2013 | 09:15AM
allie wrote:
Carnival Cruise was always the lowest rated cruise company. I feel sorry for their customers.
on February 15,2013 | 09:38AM
knfd297clear wrote:
When I worked for American Hawaii cruises we called Carnival 'the wall mart of cruising"
on February 15,2013 | 02:24PM
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