China Cruise Ship Hits Bridge

Last fall the Viking Tor failed to retract its wheelhouse far enough and hit the bridge at the Riedenburg lock destroying the wheelhouse.

China cruise ship hits bridge. The accident left two of the ships chimneys damaged and an obvious abrasion on the bridge. Seven people are confirmed dead in the accident and 21 people are missing. Captain Guo Lai 48 chopped a tunnel off the top of the Pearl No 7 liner in Wenzhou Zhejiang eastern China as he passed underneath a suspension bridge.

Police said the white ship hit the bridge some time after 7 pm appearing to have run sideways into the center part of the span. Two members of the crew 33 and 49-years-old were killed during the impact. The 100-metre-long 328ft vessel was travelling on the Rhine river when it struck a pillar of the bridge near the western city of Duisburg on Tuesday.

The luxury cruise ship Pearl NO 7bumps a bridge in Wenzhou East Chinas Zhejiang province May 23 2012. 7 crashed into a bridge in Wenzhou east Chinas Zhejiang Province. An empty cargo vessel pictured hits a bridge under construction near the eastern seaport of Ningbo Zhejiang Province March 27 2008.

Dont know what happened to the ships skipper but he should have been Courts Martialed. A mast on a cruise ship crossing the Cape Cod canal struck a railroad bridge but didnt cause any significant damageThe Cape Cod Times reported. A 65-year-old woman is rescued from the wreck of the Chinese cruise ship that sank on the Yangzte river on Monday evening.

Four crew members remain missing and 16 have been rescued so far. Freak tornado hit ship on Yangtze China officials say. 25 May 2012.

A river cruise ship carrying nearly 230 people struck a bridge early Sunday in southern Germany crushing the wheelhouse and killing two crew members authorities said. China Lost 44 Million. Moment cruise ship hits bridge in China caught on CCTV Close A newly built cruise liner has hit a bridge in Eastern China.