| Cruise survivors: 'There was so much chaos' and Scorned cruise ship captain not alone in history |
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CURRY:So I want to get your response to the CEO of the company in his discussion in calling the -- about the cruise saying he's grateful for the skill and behavior of the crew, that the crew performed very well. What is your reaction to that?Ms. GODUTI:My reaction is that the crew was never informed and I can't blame the crew because they were never -- they did not know anything. When we -- everything happened they just were telling us to go back to our room. I was trying to find out where are the life boats, does anyone speak English? They did not give us any information whatsoever. They just kept telling us to go back to our room. What...CURRY:And this was particularly frightening for you, Maria, because as I understand it you don't know how to swim.Ms. PAPA:Correct, I do not know how to swim. And there was no direction whatsoever. [Read the full article] British Airways passengers were mistakenly told that the plane may need to make an emergency landing on water. NBC's Brian Williams reports.It was about 3 a.m. on a British Airways transcontinental flight when passengers heard an announcement that the plane was about to crash into the sea, The Telegraph reports.But the automated message was a mistake, as crew members quickly reassured passengers."It was about 3 a.m. An alarm sounded and we were told we were about to land in the sea. I thought we were going to die," one passenger onboard told The Telegraph. “My wife was crying and passengers were screaming. Then they played an announcement telling us to just ignore the warnings."The Friday night incident occurred as Flight 206 was over the Atlantic Ocean enroute from Miami to London's Heathrow Airport. [Read the full article] Beginning Jan. 23, major Chinese New Year celebrations will be held in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and many other cities around the world, including these five U.S. cities."People will buy the ticket without knowing this, and they won't even look at it before they step on the cruise ship," said Joseph Goldberg, a Harrisburg, Pa.-based consumer attorney who reviewed the ticket contract posted on the Carnival Cruise Lines website for Reuters.Carnival dominates about half of the cruise market, and its contract, which runs almost 8,000 words and mentions "liability" 20 times, could be considered typical for the industry.Something did happen, of course. The Costa Concordia, operated by a company owned by Miami-based Carnival, ran aground in Italian waters on Friday, leaving at least 11 passengers dead and some 24 more missing. [Read the full article] 
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