Cruise ship runs aground on first journey since leaving aged passenger on distant island | EUROtoday

An Australian cruise ship has run aground with 120 passengers on board on its first journey since a passenger died after being left behind on a distant island.

The Coral Adventurer hit a reef off the coast of Papua New Guinea early on Saturday morning, in keeping with studies.

The ship’s operator, Coral Expeditions, stated nobody was damage within the incident.

“Coral Adventurer had a grounding incident in coastal Papua New Guinea yesterday. All passengers and crew are safe,” a spokesperson advised The Guardian.

“An initial inspection indicates no damage to the vessel. The incident has been reported to authorities and will undergo further official inspections to the hull and marine environment as a standard procedure.”

Passengers on board are reportedly staying on Papua New Guinea whereas a group makes an attempt to re-float the ship and examine the hull.

The Coral Adventurer is presently below investigation following the dying of an aged passenger who was left behind on a distant island.

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Suzanne Rees, 80, was mountaineering on Lizard Island with different passengers from the Coral Adventurer when she beginning feeling unwell and have become separated from the group.

Believing she had made her approach again to the ship alone, her fellow hikers returned to the vessel and it left the island with out her.

The crew realised she was lacking and returned to the island to search for her however a day later, on 25 October, Rees was discovered lifeless.

Australian authorities have launched an investigation into the lady’s dying.

Under present laws by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), captains or masters of economic passenger vessels are required to keep up programs making certain each passenger is accounted for at any given time.

The girl’s daughter, Katherine Rees, stated earlier that the household was “shocked and saddened that the Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island after an organised excursion without my mum, Suzanne.”

“From the little we have been told, it seems that there was a failure of care and common sense,” she advised The Australian.

“I hope that the coronial inquiry will find out what the company should have done that might have saved Mum’s life,” the daughter stated.

The CEO of Coral Expeditions, Mark Fifield, stated that the corporate provided its full help to the Rees household and cancelled the rest of the voyage.

The Independent has contacted Coral Expeditions for a remark.