Captains,
Much has been said about the the rogue wind and waves that struck the sail training ship Concordia off Brazil in February and the cruise ship Louis Majesty in the Mediterranean this week. Bottom line is the sea continues to hit hard every so often.
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CBSNEWS: An abnormally high waves (6-8 m) hit the cruise ship “Louis Majesty” (former “Norwegian Majesty”) carrying 2000 people in the Mediterranean sea on March 3rd, 2010. The waves have smashed glass windshields killed two and wounded fourteen passengers according to the official news reports. The killed passengers were identified as a German and an Italian man.
“Louis Majesty” was sailing from Barcelona to Genoa.According to our archive records the accident has happened on March 3rd, 14:20 UTC around the following location.
Latitude: 41°55′ N Longitude: 3°47′ E
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