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Carnival cruise ships collide in Cozumel

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  1. GhostriderIII, Dec 22, 2019
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    Two Carnival cruise ships crashed near a port in Mexico and the jaw-dropping incident was caught on video by quite a few people. The accident happened on Friday morning and reports indicate that one person was injured.According to The Daily Mail, the incident happened Friday morning in Cozumel, Mexico. The Carnival Glory was about to dock and the Carnival Legend was already there.

    http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20191220-70360-MEX
  2. Pascal, Dec 22, 2019
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    E0B3755D-83AA-4275-9C10-9E2A96020E66.png The best part is how the captain put out a letter to passengers blaming “spontaneous wind gust and current” on the accident! I had heard about spontaneous combustion but never about spontaneous wind gust. Carnival Cattle Line must have some very creative and highly educated PR millennials on board.

    The various videos show breezy conditions but clear weather, no squalls or storm... sea state doesn’t look bad either

    just for kicks I looked up the conditions at a weather station just a couple of miles up the coast at the time of the brain fade. It shows mild conditions... see below.

    not familiar with Cozumel but it doesn’t seem like the port is in a spot prone to currents, like nassau for instance where cattle ships routinely dock with a couple kts current
  3. Norseman, Dec 22, 2019
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    Currents around Cozumel, although not sure if the harbor is affected:
    https://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/caribbean/yucatan.html

    Did a few scuba dives down there and it was like flying: All dives were drift-dives and quite fast..
  4. Pascal, Dec 22, 2019
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    Looks like the current is in the East side. In any case currents are predictable. Don’t come out of nowhere
  5. Norseman, Dec 22, 2019
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    Not making excuses for the Captain or Port Pilot, just saying I have witnessed currents while being immersed in them :cool:
  6. bayoubud, Dec 23, 2019
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    Why would two behemoth cattle ships be docking at the same time in the same location, was surprised to see them so close together. Common sense says one should standby until the first is secured. No secret of current heading North there….operator error for sure.
  7. Pascal, Dec 23, 2019
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    The first one was already docked.
  8. bayoubud, Dec 23, 2019
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    Oops, video looked as though both were free of dock. Got really close to the ship ahead at the dock too.