Stranded Carnival Liberty passengers flown home
More than 3,000 cruise passengers stranded in the U.S. Virgin Islands have been given full refunds and flights home following the engine room fire which disabled the Carnival Liberty ship on Monday.
The scheduled seven-day cruise came to an abrupt halt just one day after departing San Juan, Puerto Rico when the fire sparked a ship-wide evacuation during a scheduled port call at St. Thomas.
No one was injured in the fire, which was put out by the ship’s automated fire extinguishing systems.
Due to the lack of scheduled flights from St. Thomas, passengers have started arriving home on chartered flights, Carnival said.
Passengers will get a full refund and a further 50% discount on a future cruise.
This is in addition to a $150 per person credit which had already been credited to passengers’ shipboard accounts.
"We apologize to our guests for this unexpected disruption to their vacation and the inconvenience they are experiencing," a Carnival statement said.
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