Originally posted by esdad71
It is still one of the safest ways to travel, since basically there are 7 million people cruising per year, and there have been a half dozen incidents in the past 5 or so years.
It is very clear you do not know the real figures. Alaska claims there are about 20 A year.
A passenger’s death might seem like one of the most unlikely events on a cruise ship at sea, but it happens more than you might think – perhaps as often as 20 times a year in Alaska waters, according to the Alaska Medical Examiner and morticians in Juneau and Ketchikan. Officials from Princess, Holland America Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises – the biggest players in the Alaska cruise trade – declined interviews in connection with this article and would not let a reporter tour their ships. But speaking on the condition of anonymity, three mid-level cruise industry officials agreed to tell how their ships deal with their clients’ deaths.
www.anchoragepress.com...
And that is just in Alaska! Granted they are not all questionable deaths but just 2 a year in Alaska Alone would throw your figures way off. Now what was that you were saying about only a half dozen?
[edit on 12/17/2005 by shots]
I'll be
thinking of you on my British Isles cruise looking at Ireland from my balcony on the ship sipping a beer and feeling safe.....
