Two passengers were killed and dozens injured when a 26-foot wave struck Louis Cruise Lines’ 1,790-passenger Majesty during a cruise from Barcelona to Genoa, Italy.
A spokesman for the Cyprus-based cruise line said, “The windows in a public area on deck 5 on the forward part of the vessel smashed resulting (in) the fatal injury of two passengers of German and Italian nationality while 14 more passengers suffered light injuries.”
To get a hair-raising account of passengers’ experience, click on to this report at MSNBC
The ship cut short its 12-day cruise and is returning to Barcelona.