Sun Vista Cruise Ship Sinking
This post takes us back to 1997 the SUNDREAM is seen secured for sea ready for another departure from Barcelona.
Sun vista cruise ship sinking. All 472 passengers and 672 crew managed to leave the ship. Sun vista sank after fire feb 2001. The Sun Vista caught fire at about 715pm 1115 GMT on Thursday and sank some eight hours later about 90km 60 miles south of Penang Island in the Andaman Sea.
The picture that emerges from the report is that the ship was in such poor mechanical and safety-related condition that the BMA questions whether it. Remembering the SUNDREAM. Finally at 122 AM May 21 1999 she died and sank about 60 nautical miles south of Penang Island and 50 nautical miles west.
The Gazette understands that everyone on board was. Sun Vista cruise ship we sailed. It sank in the Atlantic after a collision with another cruise ship.
All saved as liner sinks. Achille Lauro sank after fire Dec 1994. The sinking of the Oceanos is featured on my list of top 5 cruise ship disasters watch the video here.
Other spectacular sinkings of cruise ships include the loss of the Sun Vista which burned and sank. Any Length 1-2 nights 3-6 nights 7-9 nights 10-14 nights over 14 nights. The 210-meter ship which was en route to Singapore with 472 passengers and 632 crew went down about 60 nautical miles south of Penang.
A stinging report by the Bahamas Maritime Authority BMA on the sinking in the Malacca Straits of the Singapore cruise ship Sun Vista in May last year cites serious deficiencies in the vessel its safety and life-saving equipment and safety management system. 27888 GRT 701 x 938 feet Twin Screw geared De Laval turbines from builders 255 knots 44000 shaft horsepower 156 First Class 1594 Tourist Class passengers. Sun Vista cruise ship we sailed from Singapore to Phuket in Thailand stopping at Malacca and Penang in Malaysia this ship took the Malacca straights as her.
