Sixty passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Ecstasy were injured on April 21, 2010 when the passenger ship listed at sea off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Our cruise ship attorneys are representing victims of this Carnival list accident.
The ship perform a severe maneuver allegedly to avoid a large buoy that "was adrift and mostly submerged, thereby preventing it from being detected by the ship's radar." It is unclear why the buoy was not seen by the crew prior to the pint where an emergency turn was required, causing the list. It is also unclear why the ship was designed such that such a severe listing could occur through steering input, given the high risk of injury from severe listing.Some passengers are suggesting that the boat made its emergency turn to avoid a sand bar. Other passengers have reported the crew initially reported a gyroscope malfunction which caused the severe turn and resulting risk. Carnival is refusing to release any real information about the cause.
Similar to the Crown Princess cruise ship listing accident several years ago, pools emptied and debris became airborne as the boat began to severely heel. Passengers lost their footing or were otherwise thrown to the low side of the ship, suffering injuries ranging from bruising to more serious injuries.
Traverse Legal's cruise ship attorneys represented the largest number of Crown Princess passengers in the 2007 listing accident. We have already been retained by passengers of the Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Ship. If you have been injured on a cruise ship, contact a cruise ship accident attorney or call 866.936.7447.
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Cruise Lines have been able to avoid liability for accidents by restricting the location and time for your access to court. Cruise line tickets contain language that require you to present your claim to the cruise line (called a presentment requirement), usually within SIX MONTHS. You must bring your claim within a certain amount of time (called a statute of limitations), and bring your case in a certain jurisdiction (called a venue restriction).
Posted by: cruise ship accident attorney | April 28, 2011 at 08:41 AM
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Posted by: carnival cruise ship | January 28, 2011 at 10:09 AM
I, also, was on the Ecstacy. I was in my stateroom on the Riveria deck. When the ship began to list, I looked out our window and saw the wake where the ship was turning sharply. In the middle of the wake's turn, I did see a bouy in the water. I couldn't see it very well, but I could see something sticking out of the water. Because there was not really anything to gauge the size by, I couldn' tell you how large it was. When I immediately went out of my stateroom and spoke to other passengers, I told them that I had seen something that we appeared to be avoiding. This was before I heard the official announcement by the captain.
Posted by: Smart | July 01, 2010 at 07:28 AM
It was on the final leg of a five-day cruise that left Galveston, Texas, on Saturday, April 17, with stops in Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico.
De la Cruz said the ship docked in Galveston as scheduled Thursday morning.
Posted by: Carnival Cruise Ship Accident | April 22, 2010 at 03:18 PM