| dd/mm/yy |
2003 |
Incident |
| 25.5.03 |
Initially
next 3 cruises cancelled because of boiler
explosion. By earlay-June, cruises through September had been
cancelled. Subsequently announced that all cruises were cancelled
indefinitely. |
Cancellation |
| 25.5.03 |
A
boiler room explosion killed eight crew members and
injured a dozen others. No passengers were injured. The
ship had arrived at the Port of Miami around 5 a.m. The fire began at
6:30; it was caused by a steam leak. |
Boiler Explosion |
| dd/mm/yy |
2002 |
Incident |
| 28.7.02 |
U.S. Customs agents were waiting on pier as the Norway arrived at Miami with an arrest warrant for a crew member on drug smuggling charges. He fled, hiding onboard, and was eventually apprehended. He had two kilos of heroin strapped to his body. Disembarkation delayed while drug dogs searched the ship. The incident caused a four-hour delay in the ship's departure. | Drug bust / Delayed departure |
| 21.7.02 |
Wine
steward arrested for raping a passenger. Both
the woman and her husband were under the effect of some type of drug.
(Reported in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, July 26, 2002) |
Rape |
| 5.3.02 | Stewardess accidentally fell overboard and rescued after ten hours in the water. Port call at St. Maarten canceled. | Person overboard |
| dd/mm/yy |
2001 and earlier |
Incident |
| Sep.01 |
Collides with pier in New York
City, Grounded |
Collision |
| 27.5.01 |
The Coast Guard yanked the
ship's permission to carry passengers out of a US port because the
ship's fiure-safety system had sprung more than 100 leaks. |
Safety hazard - Cancelation |
| 28.5.99 |
Suffers a fire in its
turbocharger room while entreing Barcelona and is put out of commission
for 3 weeks. |
Fire |
| dd/mm/yy |
Reported Outbreaks |
| 5.1.03 |
Reported
that 105 passengers and 11 crew contracted
Norwalk-like virus. Passengers onboard suggested that the number
afflicted was much higher than 100. |