tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760570973795000457.post5136966013575544572..comments2020-08-08T10:50:24.324+01:00Comments on Costa Failure: A matter of honourSlow Learnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276308053037019253noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760570973795000457.post-74432785763016582722010-01-07T15:45:52.965+00:002010-01-07T15:45:52.965+00:00We went on the Costa Europa sailing from Dubai on ...We went on the Costa Europa sailing from Dubai on 3rd December 2009 and guess what, in the Gulf of Aden uncomfortly close to Somalia (pirates!!) all engines were stopped in the evening after dark for about 2 hours and we sat there like a ripe prize ready for picking. The security guards were out on the darkened decks with bullet proof vests and binoculars and the fire hozes were laid out on the decks ready to repell boarders.........we heard later unofficially that there had been a serious fuel leak in the engine room which made it unsafe to keep the engines running. We were told that officially there was a 'navigational problem' I suppose there was if there was no propulsion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com