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An ill-fated Carnival cruise finally docked this week after an engine fire stranded the ship at sea for days without power. From swarthy pirates to malicious flus, read luxury liner horror stories.
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ed parolini
Stranded for three, count 'em, three whole days on a luxury liner. I wonder if the Chilean miners are impressed.
DicedPeas
You forgot the Achille Lauro in 1985.
The ship was hijacked by the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) between Alexandria and Port Said. The terrorists held the passengers and crew hostage and forced the ship to sail to Tartus, Syria, and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians then in Israeli prisons.
After being refused permission to dock at Tartus, the hijackers killed wheelchair-bound Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer in front of his wife and other passengers, and then threw his body overboard.
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