![]() ![]() Recent political issues and politicians.This includes (but is not limited to) submissions related to: No politics, soapboxing, or agenda based submissions. Any sources (blog, article, press release, video, etc.) with a publication date more recent than two months are not allowed. No personal opinions, anecdotes or subjective statements (e.g "TIL xyz is a great movie"). Videos are fine so long as they come from reputable sources (e.g. ![]() Images alone do not count as valid references. Please link directly to a reliable source that supports every claim in your post title. Submit interesting and specific facts that you just found out (not broad information you looked up, TodayILearned is not /r/wikipedia). "We are also working closely with all relevant authorities and will be co-operating fully with their investigations.You learn something new every day what did you learn today? "We are working closely with the ship owners and managers, Louis Cruises, to determine exactly what has happened and provide assistance to those affected by the incident. Our thoughts are with the families of those involved. One person has been discharged from hospital and we expect the other two people to be released from hospital imminently. "We can also confirm that there have sadly been five crew fatalities and three crew members injured. The pay can be good by the standards of their home countries but it's pretty low."Ī spokesman for Thomson, owned by the German travel giant TUI, said: "Thomson Cruises can confirm there was an incident involving the ship's crew during a safety drill on board Thomson Majesty, in La Palma, Canary Islands today at 11:50am local time. "They're often away for eight or nine months at a time and do very long hours, and in many cases the work is very physical. For the officers the pay is pretty good and the working conditions are hard, but for the ratings they work very hard. Most non-officers came from developing nations, particularly the Philippines or elsewhere in south-east Asia, Linington said: "It's certainly hard work. In general, he added, safety on cruise ships tended to be better than in some sectors, but could still be patchy: "We would say there are still too many preventable accidents on cruise ships, and lifeboats is a classic example of that." For British seafarers, and they tend to be working at the higher end of the industry, the workplace death and injury rate is over 50 times what it is on average for all land-based workers." Linington said the danger was caused by a variety of factors including the heights involved, corroded equipment being poorly maintained, unclear instructions and poor crew training.ĭeaths at sea remained all too common, he said: "It's an inherently dangerous life, even in the 21st century, and we'd say too dangerous. We advise them to do it without people in the lifeboats."Īn investigation into the issue in 2001 by Britain's Marine Accident Investigation Branch found 15% of all deaths involving professional seafarers involved lifeboat drills, with 12 deaths over 10 years and 87 people injured. It shouldn't be about people actually getting into them. The death toll has been such that we advise our members: if you're doing a drill the drill is about raising and lowering the lifeboats. "There's been research which suggests that more people are dying in lifeboat drills than are being saved by lifeboats. The ship is based in the port and usually operates cruises around the Canaries and Madeira.Ī spokesman for Nautilus International, a trade union for seafarers, said lifeboat drills had a notorious danger record.Īndrew Linington said: "We've had this happen so often and the industry has moved lamentably slowly to deal with the problem. It was not known what caused the boat to fall.Īccording to the report about 2,000 passengers were on board the Majesty, though none were involved in the drill. It is believed the boat dropped 17 metres into the water before overturning. Two Greek nationals on the lifeboat were seriously injured, with another Filipino slightly hurt. Government officials quoted emergency services as saying crews were sent to the dock just after midday local time (12pm GMT) after "a lifeboat with occupants had fallen overboard from a cruise ship docked at the pier".Īccording to Spanish reports those killed were believed to be three Indonesians, a Filipino and a Ghanaian.
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