News tagged with 'Cruise'

The Celebrity Mercury returns to port one day early because of another outbreak of norovirus, the third outbreak on the same ship.

Massive waves hit a cruise ship in the Mediterranean north of Barcelona at the end of a 12-day cruise. Two people lost their lives when windows smashed and furniture went flying.

Hundreds of people who had to cancel their Florida cruises are finding that the company that sold them insurance is bankrupt and they will not be reimbursed millions in losses.

For the ninth time in 10 years, Ford is recalling vehicles that have a cruise control switch with the potential to come in contact with flammable brake fluid. 4.5 million vehicles are being recalled this time around after 550 vehicle fires and at least one death.

A passenger who fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Florida was rescued early this morning by another cruise ship. Law enforcement now suspects the man may have intentionally jumped overboard.

Three people have died in the United States from the H1N1 virus. The most recent death was a man in Washington over the weekend. The CDC reports today that the confirmed cases of the virus have risen to 2,618 in the U.S.

While the number of cases of swine flu in the U.S. continues to grow and is now confirmed at 109, health officials are warning us not to panic. As a precaution, many of Mexico City businesses and schools have been shut down and cruise lines are no longer visiting Mexican ports. 

Holland America may not have to compensate passengers who were onboard a cruise where norovirus broke out. More than 100 passengers were sickened and the cruise out of San Diego curtailed while the sick stayed in their cabins.

Don and Marlene Bryce were planning to celebrate aboard a Holland America cruise. Instead, Don collapsed in their cabin and Marlene says the doctor showed up two minutes after Don died. (Part One)

Tart-tongued Carnival Exec Retires The chief executive of Carnival Cruise Lines has announced his retirement from the cruise business. Bob Dickinson, the man who developed the cruise industry into a force to be reckoned with on Wall Street, announced the other day that he will retire from his post at the e

Plane Crash Takes Five Lives A small plane that was attempting to make an emergency landing crashed into two homes this morning at around 8:40 a.m. Five people were killed and three others were seriously injured. Only two names of the dead have been released, one being Dr. Bruce Kennedy, who was a Dayton

Air turbulence is responsible for 58 injuries each year in the United States. These injuries occur not as the result of a crash but rather due to violent movement of the airplane while it is airborne. Most injuries can be avoided by simply wearing a seatbelt, even when the seatbelt sign is turned off. Turbulenc

The crash of a Cessna 414 in Greene County, Tennessee Thursday killed four residents of the Tampa Bay area. John Saunders, founder and president of an investment and employee benefits company, died in the crash along with the pilot, David Jochman, and two employees of Saunders Advisory Group, Laura Jones and Hani Bout

The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of last year's Amtrak Auto Train derailment near Crescent City, Florida, was a heat-induced track buckle that developed because of inadequate CSX Transportation track-surfacing operations. These operations included the misalignment of the curve

According to an article published in Tuesday's USA TODAY, a major jetmaker failed to report vital information about a near accident in 1997 that may have prevented the fatal November 2001 crash of an American Airlines A300 jet. Airbus, a global manufacturer of commercial airliners, reportedly failed to inform governme