Yesterday night, a hearth broke out on the Quantum of the Seas because it sailed on an Alaskan itinerary, in line with a Royal Caribbean crew member who needs to stay nameless. The crew member notified me of the next info:
“Fireplace on Quantum OTS final evening within the engine room/casing in zone 5, a number of decks. Bravo announcement (code to alert crew to a hearth or different critical incident on board with out alarming passengers) at approx. 8:50 P.M., then once more a couple of minutes later. When the theatre let loose passengers have been met with hearth crews speeding down the steps. Passengers have been visibly a bit panicked. Kilo announcement (Royal Caribbean general sign for crew to report back to emergency stations) shortly after 9:00 P.M. with crew working down hallways with emergency vests on. Deck 6 aft passenger cabins evacuated and deck 5 closed previous aft elevators. Passengers have been suggested to not use aft elevators and keep away from the realm. Captain and Cruise Director made a couple of bulletins stating there was a hearth and crew members have been engaged on it. Round 10:00 P.M. they introduced hearth was out and so they have been engaged on clearing the areas to open once more.
Just a bit pleasure for the night!
This morning, we arrived in Juneau a bit of early (1 hour), however aside from that it looks like enterprise as standard.
Later this afternoon, the captain made an announcement thanking the crew’s ‘fast motion which prevented a doubtlessly very critical scenario.’ Realizing the Kilo code was referred to as, this was a really critical scenario anyway!”
After I inquired of the crew member whether or not there was a public announcement of the reason for the hearth, the worker responded:
“Nothing. As standard, the one info given was absolutely the naked minimal.”
Various cruise visitors tweeted concerning the hearth with a number of individuals complaining concerning the lack of public info launched to the passengers.
@RoyalCaribbean nonetheless no information and apparently the hold getting shifted from one finish of the boat to a different. Aged people with restricted mobility not getting assist and no information. Please present an replace.
— Bianca (@Ginamaserati123) September 2, 2022
Fireplace on my Alaskan cruise final evening! @RoyalCaribbean @RoyalCaribPR (Quantum of the Seas). All evacuated to to ahead when unable to comprise it like they hoped, they have been one step away from lifeboats. Crew lastly bought it 🙌, however youngsters are terrified now. By no means cruising once more.
— thedour (@thedour) September 2, 2022
One visitor commented that the crew was “skilled and fast” though he additionally talked about that “it was nonetheless a bit of scary with the alarms and doorways shutting.”
Ship is now open for all entry and actions. Crew was skilled and fast. It was nonetheless a bit of scary with the alarms and doorways shutting.
— Tony Tiangco (@MayaTiangco) September 2, 2022
The Royal Caribbean ship departed from Seattle, Washington on August twenty ninth for a seven day Alaskan Glacier cruise. Earlier than it arrived in Juneau this morning, the ship sailed to Ketchikan on August thirtieth and Sitka on September 1st. The ship is scheduled to name on Victoria, Canada on September 4th and can return to Seattle on September fifth.
Thankfully, there have been no accidents reported. There was no public disclosure of the extent of the property harm or the reason for the hearth.
In accordance with cruisemapper.com, on June 5, 2014, a hearth broke out on the Quantum throughout development on the Meyer Werft shipbuilding yard in Papenburg, Germany. Throughout the incident, two of the employees have been injured, affected by smoke poisoning. The ship sustained damages estimated at round USD $68,000.
Ship fires are usually not unusual occurrences, though cruise strains attempt to create the phantasm that such risks are uncommon. In an article titled dated 2013, the New York Instances concluded that cruise ship fires have been “commonplace,” (citing cruise skilled Dr. Ross Klein who testified earlier than the U.S. Congress), stating that:
“There have been about 79 fires onboard cruise ships between 1990 and 2011, in line with Mr. Klein’s knowledge. Up till about 2006 there have been normally three or 4 fires a yr. From 2006 onward the variety of fires doubled to about seven or eight a yr. That improve, Mr. Klein stated, is the results of a mixture of higher reporting (thanks, social media) and the speedy progress of the cruise business.”
As a part of their efforts to limit adversarial public sentiment, cruise strains prohibit their crew members from releasing info to the general public. Because of this explicit crew member for disclosing particulars to the general public.
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Picture credit score: Quantum of the Seas – Frank Schwichtenberg – CC BY-SA 4.0 commons / wikimedia.
