Italian Cruise Ship "Costa Allegra" burned in the Indian Ocean

Cruise Ship Costa Allegra Accident

An Italian cruise ship Costa Allegra burned in the territorial waters of the Indian Ocean. Fortunately, so far reported no fatalities from the incident ship carrying over 1,000 passengers.

The fire allegedly originated from the engine room so that the ship had to be floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean due to lack of engine power. The incident occurred in waters near the Seychelles Islands.

It is known that the ship Costa Allegra is still a company with Costa Concordia which sank off the coast of Italy about 6 weeks ago. However, the size of the Costa Allegra is slightly smaller.

"The system and fire fighting procedures on board are functioning well and special teams have managed to extinguish the fire brigade," a statement that overshadowed the Costa Cruises ship, as reported by telegraph.co.uk, Tuesday (28/02/2012).

Once the emergency alarm sounds, all passengers and crew of the ship has been directed toward the space has been put on evacuation and adequate safety equipment. After the fire goes out, this yacht was forced to stop because the engine died. The ship's captain also had sent a distress signal for help.

Local officials said there are no newspapers or mental injuries caused by these fires. While the cause of the fire allegedly caused by an electrical problem in the engine room.

Two French-flagged fishing vessel was heading into the ship's position is to provide emergency electric power assistance. Meanwhile, two crane ships and a ship owned by the Italian Navy of the Seychelles is still on the way to provide assistance.

Ship with a length of 187 meters is carrying 630 passengers and 413 boats start from different countries. Noted there are as many as 122 passengers from Italy, France 130 passengers, 100 passengers from Austria, the Swiss 90 passengers and 31 passengers from England.

Costa Allegra cruise is a journey undertaken during the 1-month cruise across the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea. The ship departs from Port Louis, Mauritius and then to Madagascar. After that, the ship will be left for the Seychelles, Oman, Egypt, Jordan before finally anchored in Savona, Italy next month.

Costa Allegra piloted by Captain Nicolo Alba (48) from Monopoli, Puglia, Italy. Captain Nicolo has worked for 19 years as a sailor. The ship was built in Genoa in 1969 ago and later owned by Costa Cruises since 1992. The yacht has eight passenger decks and 400 cabins. This luxury ship can carry more than 1,400 passengers was sailing.

There is also a detachment of marines on board the Italian. It is intended to maintain the security of ships and passenger which the ship will be given through the territorial waters inhabited by pirates.

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