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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010

From news services nation/world

A Navy aircraft carrier was diverted from a training mission in the Pacific on Tuesday to deliver supplies to an American luxury liner left stranded off the Mexico coast by an engine room fire. The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan anchored at sea near the disabled Carnival Splendor ship about 50 miles west of Punta San Jacinto, Mexico, and 150 miles south of San Diego, as helicopters from the carrier began ferrying food, water and other provision to the marooned vessel, the Navy said. A 952-foot luxury liner with nearly 3,300 passengers and a crew of almost 1,200 aboard was left dead in the water by a fire that erupted in its engine room Monday. No injuries were reported. The blaze, which took about three hours to put out, crippled the Carnival Splendor’s propulsion system and force Carnival to cancel the rest of the voyage. Tug boats were dispatched from Ensenada, Mexico, to tow the crippled vessel back to shore, Hicks said.

In my opinion, that’s their fault. They didn’t check the engine and equipment. They have to tack care of the passengers and the problem. They are doing good because their apologizing and fixing the problem.