Over 30 injured, no one missing after tanker collides with riverboat in New Orleans: Officials
- On Friday, the 520-foot tanker Atlantic Asphalt collided with the docked 295-foot riverboat American Heritage in New Orleans at 12:30 p.m., partially submerging the vessel and sending passengers into the Mississippi River.
- Local officials and river pilots suggest the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker experienced a steering failure before striking the paddlewheel riverboat, though Port of New Orleans authorities maintain the exact cause remains under investigation.
- New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno called the rescue a "miracle on the Mississippi," noting that all 129 passengers and crew were accounted for, though 32 people were transported to local hospitals with noncritical injuries.
- Following the collision, the U.S. Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River to all vessel traffic between mile markers 93 and 96 to facilitate rescue operations and damage assessment.
- Echoing the 1996 Bright Field crash, the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation to determine the collision's circumstances as crews work to reopen the critical waterway.
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In a lawsuit over a million dollars, Port requests the seizure and sale of the ship – only hours after passengers of a wheeled steamer had jumped for their lives.
New Orleans port sues Chinese-owned tanker in seizure attempt after cruise ship collision
The tanker, the Atlantic Asphalt, collided with the American Heritage cruise ship on Friday, leading to what the lawsuit stated was over $1 million in damages to the dock, but no deaths.
Tanker hits cruise vessel in New Orleans, 32 hospitalized
A tanker ship collided with a luxury paddle wheeler docked in New Orleans on the Mississippi River, causing the cruise vessel to roll over and sink as passengers scurried to disembark and dozens were flung into the water.
The oil tanker attacked the ship-hotel, which lurched and was half sunk, despite which all the travelers were able to leave by their own foot or were rescued from the water
At least 100 people pulled from Mississippi River after New Orleans ship crash as lengthy salvage effort looms - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Roughly 100 people were pulled from the Mississippi River after a tanker struck a docked cruise ship in New Orleans on Friday, officials revealed Saturday, as the U.S. Coast Guard prepares for a potentially weeks-long operation to remove the capsized vessel. New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno said [...]
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