QE2 Problems

[scejas]

QE2 is currently returning back to Port Everglades after experiencing some sort of mechanical problem. per WSVN-TV in Miami

[catsmum]

QE 2 or QM2? The website quotes QM2

[Kindlychap]

Not to worry. According to their website it is the Queen Mary 2.

[KruznKel]

Not to worry. According to their website it is the Queen Mary 2.

 

Any other info on what kind of damage.. yes it is the QM2..

[Kindlychap]

I can't find anything more than "structural". I'm assuming, in being light hearted, that no-one was hurt.

 

But I can't really worry too much about a barge like the QM2.

[KruznKel]

I can't find anything more than "structural". I'm assuming, in being light hearted, that no-one was hurt.

 

But I can't really worry too much about a barge like the QM2.

 

Is she going to continue on with its itin???

[Emu]

Whatever has happened........... let us hope they are just being cautious and returning to be on the safe side. Not a good start to a maiden rounding of Cape Horn, but for the sake of everyone I pray it is only a minor problem.

[VegasGreen]

Very vague news at this point. QM2 is returning to Port Everglades slowly after suffering structural damage. They used the sentence "she is currently limping back 9 miles off Pompano Beach"....

[KruznKel]

Very vague news at this point. QM2 is returning to Port Everglades slowly after suffering structural damage. They used the sentence "she is currently limping back 9 miles off Pompano Beach"....

 

Can someone give me a link to the updates you are receiving if any.. would greatly appreciate it.. Have friends sailing this voyage.. may have to meet them in Florida sooner than expected!! Thanks all..

[niya305]

http://www.wsvn.com

[VegasGreen]

doubt she continues with the itin, but we don't really know much at this point....

[VegasGreen]

From WSVN.com:

 

PORT EVERGLADES (WSVN) -- A cruise ship that left port in Fort Lauderdale this afternoon and apparently struck something while at sea causing structural damage, is on its way back to shore tonight.

 

The Queen Mary II, which belongs to the Cunard Line cruiseline, left Port Everglades at around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday en route to South America. While at sea about five to six miles off the coast, the vessel hit something underneath the water causing alarm systems to go off in the control center of the ship.

 

The cruise ship is on its way back to Port Everglades. Other than the structural damage, The Queen Mary II has not reported any other problems

[eroller]

Engine Troubles Force Queen Mary II Back To Port

 

Brian Andrews

Reporting

 

(CBS4 News) FT. LAUDERDALE The largest cruise ship in the world will have to wait a day to make a trip around South America to San Francisco, after

discovering engine problems shortly after beginning that trip from Port

Everglades.

 

The Queen Mary II left Port Everglades shortly after 1 PM Tuesday, bound for South America, and was just a few miles offshore and a spokesman for Cunard, owner of the ship, said the captain noticed a problem with one of the ship's engines.

 

Cunard says the ship stopped offshore and performed engine checks for a few hours, but engineers decided the ship could not continue, so the decision was made to return the Queen Mary II to it's berth at Port Everglades.

 

The cruise line says the ship will be in port at least overnight, and

passengers will simply spend the night aboard ship.

 

A Cunard spokesperson says there were no other problems aboard the ship, and no apparent damage beyond the problem with the propulsion system.

 

Cunard is owned by Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines.

[travel-to-go]

http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_017181636.html

 

According to this story (I posted it under Ryans QM2 post) she had "engine trouble"

 

Karie

 

And BTW, Commodore Warwick was apparently interviewed about the upcoming voyage in New York Sunday, I guess. A friend saw it- Don't know if it was an old or new interview.

[Colton's dad]

I saw on wsvn.com that it states that they struck something underwater several miles off shore:eek: ? Hope all goes well with quick repair overnight.:)