So many questions, who was at the controls? Did they malfunction? How do you miss that huge ship (I was just on it in Oct.)? Wonder if his insurance company blocked him after that call.
The incident was captured on camera by one of the passengers onboard the Allure of the Seas, which is operated by Royal Caribbean. Despite the bad camera skills and the unwelcome commentary, the video shows the exact moment of impact and some of the damage sustained by Aurora to the superstructure after it hit the underside of one of the lifeboats.
You will find it in full below.
The incident took place on December 11 in Nassau, Bahamas. One trade publication reports that Allure of the Seas had dropped anchor there as planned for the 4-day cruise, but Aurora was just coming in. Most likely due to a malfunction, the pocket explorer smashed bow-first into the port side of the cruiser and continued to scrape along before it untangled itself and distanced itself.
After the initial impact, Aurora's antenna mast hit the underside of one of the lifeboats on Allure of the Seas. It lost one of the two radar domes in the process, as well as the entire upper part of the mast, which fell onto the jacuzzi sun deck.
As you can see in the video, as it became clear that Aurora was no longer in a position to course correct, one member of the crew began running around on the deck, dropping fenders in the hope to minimize damage. By the sound at the moment of impact, it couldn't have helped much.
The same media outlet notes that Allure of the Seas left Nassau as scheduled, so damage to its hull was small enough not to require any repairs on the spot. On the other hand, Aurora is still in the Bahamas, even though AIS hadn't mentioned before a planned stop on its way to Florida.
The incident was captured on camera by one of the passengers onboard the Allure of the Seas, which is operated by Royal Caribbean. Despite the bad camera skills and the unwelcome commentary, the video shows the exact moment of impact and some of the damage sustained by Aurora to the superstructure after it hit the underside of one of the lifeboats.
You will find it in full below.
The incident took place on December 11 in Nassau, Bahamas. One trade publication reports that Allure of the Seas had dropped anchor there as planned for the 4-day cruise, but Aurora was just coming in. Most likely due to a malfunction, the pocket explorer smashed bow-first into the port side of the cruiser and continued to scrape along before it untangled itself and distanced itself.
After the initial impact, Aurora's antenna mast hit the underside of one of the lifeboats on Allure of the Seas. It lost one of the two radar domes in the process, as well as the entire upper part of the mast, which fell onto the jacuzzi sun deck.
As you can see in the video, as it became clear that Aurora was no longer in a position to course correct, one member of the crew began running around on the deck, dropping fenders in the hope to minimize damage. By the sound at the moment of impact, it couldn't have helped much.
The same media outlet notes that Allure of the Seas left Nassau as scheduled, so damage to its hull was small enough not to require any repairs on the spot. On the other hand, Aurora is still in the Bahamas, even though AIS hadn't mentioned before a planned stop on its way to Florida.
