Accident on the Main River

[notamermaid]

At the Himmelstadt lock on the Main a river cruise ship hit a small rock and sprung a leak, necessitating an emergency call at 23.10 hours on Saturday. The ship was evacuated. On board were 126 British passengers and 22 crew members. The Amadeus Elegant was sailing from Budapest to Düsseldorf. The fire brigade was able to keep the ship from sinking by pumping off the water, it had stood up to knee high in the crew area hallway. The Amadeus Elegant is not able to sail and after emergency repairs at Karlstadt harbour, where it made it to, will go to the shipyard in Erlenbach. Nobody was injured and as the second video says, it was a calm rescue operation.

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/passagierschiff-mit-englischen-rentner-auf-dem-main-havariert,TgCCnBK

 

notamermaid

 

 

[notamermaid]

The Amadeus Elegant has arrived in Erlenbach for repairs. I reckon these will take a while and the ship will need to skip more than the next itinerary.

 

As a side note: this is an unusual version of the Grand European itinerary. Düsseldorf is certainly not the first choice for the end of such a journey but I would be very willing to do that. Düsseldorf has a convenient airport for flights to the UK so is good for those customers. I could not find the Elegant on the company website, so looked for a charter. It appears that she is much sailing for SAGA - hence the reports about British passengers -  this season and was scheduled to do a Rhine itinerary next.

 

notamermaid

 

 

 

[CastleCritic]

thats not the way to end your vacation...

 

Good going to the fire department and the crew for handling this.

 

reading through google translate: "it was probably the captains fault"

Edited June 6, 2023 by CastleCritic

[notamermaid]

Yes, most likely. An investigation is obviously happening and it looks like the captain will face a fine.

 

notamermaid

 

[notamermaid]

Pleasant surprise! The Amadeus Elegant is back on the river proper and sailing towards Cologne.

 

notamermaid