Captain's Death & cabin flooding

[njtom]

from the last cruise on the monarch of the seas, sounds like an eventful cruise:

 

 

 

On Friday, 27 January, at least 10 suites on deck 10 were flooded from a broken pool pipe -- carpet had to be replaced in rooms and in hallway; passengers given $150 each onboard credit. According to a passenger: "Huge mess! ... Loud air movers blowing all weekend. Some very pissed off passengers."

 

On Monday, 30 January, Captain Joern Rene Klausen (38 years old) was found dead in his cabin at 4:15 AM before arriving in LA. The death appeared to be from natural cases; authorities in Los Angeles will conduct an autopsy.

[gkm]

Where did you read/hear this news?

 

Garry

[Druke I]

Too bad.

 

Flooding not that unusual - years ago on Maasdam, (11-95), West of the Azores, water entered the hull via the hawsepipe (anchor chainway) during a storm, and some dozen cabins forward on Main Deck flooded, including ours, to a depth of about 6 inches. Luckily the ship was not full, and we were moved/upgraded to another cabin.

 

Way back in 3-92, on the late great Royal Princess, the Master (Captain) had a heart attack, was evacuated from the ship in Curacao, and later died.