Over 30 injured, no one missing after tanker collides with riverboat in New Orleans: Officials
Search-and-rescue crews evacuated passengers after the collision, and officials said all 129 aboard were accounted for as investigators examined the cause.
- On Friday around 12:30 p.m., the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Atlantic Asphalt collided with the docked American Heritage cruise ship near the Port of New Orleans, causing the vessel to list sharply and take on water.
- Over 30 people are injured after a tanker collided with a docked riverboat on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans, officials said Friday.
- Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry stated he is in "close contact with local officials and law enforcement" and was heading to New Orleans as of 2 p.m. to assess the situation.
- The U.S. Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River between mile markers 93 and 96 while responders assessed damage and investigated the cause of the allision, disrupting commercial traffic in the busy shipping corridor.
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All passengers and crew on New Orleans paddleboat survive crash with tanker on Mississippi River
A tanker in New Orleans has apparently lost its steering and slammed into a docked river cruise boat with 180 passengers and crew aboard. The crash launched a massive rescue operation for passengers who plunged into the Mississippi River as…
Passenger rescue operations are underway following a collision between a cargo ship and a cruise ship on the Mississippi River in the United States. According to an AP report on the 14th, around noon on the 13th (local time), the cargo ship Atlantic Asphalt collided with the cruise ship American, which was carrying 129 passengers, on the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana.
An oil tanker collided with a cruise ship docked in New Orleans, USA, causing the cruise ship to tilt and partially sink. Approximately 130 passengers were on board. Authorities have rescued at least 12 people who fell overboard.
Cruise ship capsizes after crashing into tanker as urgent rescue effort launched
Cruise ship capsizes after crashing into tanker as urgent rescue effort launched . A cruise ship has capsized after a tanker crashed into the vessel as an urgent rescue effort is launched
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