Whats With These Ships?

Due to a fire aboard the Costa Allegra, passengers were stranded on the ship for three days, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. One of the three diesel motors caught fire, and due to the fire, hours later the ship's generators had failed, stranding the passengers and crew in the middle of the ocean. A French tuna-fishing boat helped tow the boat to safety. One of the main concerns of the crew was of the Somalian pirates nearby. So they decided not to launch the life boats due to that. The only casualties of the incident consisted of broken wrists and arms from people falling in the dark. This has been the second incident for the cruise line Costa Cruises, and hopefully the last.