About 2325 on March 15, 1988, a fire occurred in the engine room of the Bahamian flag passenger vessel SCANDINAVIAN STAR. At the time of the fire, the ship was about 50 nmi northeast of Cancun, Mexico, en route from Cozumel, Mexico, to St. Petersburg, Florida, with 439 passengers and 268 crewmembers on board. The master broadcast a distress message and ordered the evacuation of passengers to the four muster stations on the ship. The loss of main generator and emergency generator electrical power and the malfunction of the ship's fixed CO2 firefighting system hindered efforts to fight the fire. The inability of crewmembers to communicate with each other and with passengers created confusion during the firefighting and evacuation activities. Two crewmembers received minor injuries during the emergency. Two passengers were medivaced from the vessel and flown to a hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, where they were treated and later released. Damage and repair costs were estimated at $3.5 million.


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    Titel :

    Marine Accident Report: Fire on Board the Bahamian Passenger Ship, the SCANDINAVIAN STAR in the Gulf of Mexico, March 15, 1988


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1989


    Format / Umfang :

    82 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch