| dd/mm/yy |
Events |
Incident |
| 22.7.09 | Cruising
Talk reports the ship broke mooring lines during gale force winds,
which were said to reach
force 10, at Zeebrugge yesterday.
Three tugs were nearby and helped her in berthing again.
The ship was reported as having some damage to her stern and was about
four
hours late in sailing, due to the damage, while a survey was carried
out. |
Breaks mooring lines |
| 29.10.08 |
The
Mirror reports a crewman was arrested last night after strangling
his girlfriend in his cabin. Police said the victim, 32, was his boss
and had ended the relationship. "He was drunk and didn't like what he
heard," they said. The liner, in Hamburg, Germany, for repairs, is now
a crime scene. A post-mortem will be held on the victim, who is from
the Philippines, today while her suspected Filipino killer, 38, appears
in court. The USA
Today subsequently reported that "Media reports that a crew member
died are false, Cunard spokesman Brian O'Connor tells USA TODAY. But
"Cunard can confirm that there was a domestic incident between two crew
members." O'Connor says the the crew member detained by German police
has since been released. |
Crew on Crew murder?? |
| 15.08.08 | There are reports the ship lost all power at 1:30AM this
morning on its transatlantic run. She regained power about an
hour later but is running slower than normal at 18 knots. No
announcement has been made as yet regarding New York arrival, if
delayed or not. |
Loss of power |
| 27.12.07 | The Daily Mirror reports a man was thrown off a Christmas cruise in the Caribbean after he was involved in a fight; he had to leave his daughter of nine with his parents onboard. He also had to pay for his flight back from the British Virgin Islands. But he claimed he was only defending himself from a stranger's attack. He said: "I was the victim and for that I was thrown off the ship." Cunard said: "Two guests were disembarked. The circumstances are being investigated." | Passengers offloaded |
| 1.5.07 |
A woman secured over £3,000 compensation
after an anniversary cruise on the Queen Mary 2 turned into a
nightmare. In May 2006 she was on
board the ship with her husband to celebrate their wedding
anniversary, traveling from Southampton to Norway. Whilst
taking in the sights on her balcony one morning, a sheet of glass fell
down towards her from a deck above. The glass missed her by inches but
caused her to fall backwards to the ground, injuring her right wrist
and right side. She explains: "I'd never been on a cruise
before and I was frightened by what happened. Whilst having rooms
with
a private balcony on the first morning on board I decided to go outside
to take in the sights. Out there it all happened very
quickly and I
saw something like a blue sheet coming towards me from above. I
moved
back to try and avoid it because if I hadn’t the glass would have hit
me. See
here for more information. |
Personal injury suit |
| 6.12.06 |
From a passenger: Leaving Barbados, we were advised that a door on one of the bow thrusters was malfunctioning, and we could only make 18 knots. We arrived in St. Kits 4 hours late, and a team from Miami flew in with divers to repair. We were treated to a party on deck before arriving in St. Kits, with free drinks as compensation. Divers apparently cleared the damage, and we left St. Kits on time and the rest of the cruise was on schedule. FYI, we were 3-4 hours delayed (2 December) in embarkation boarding due to immigration (?) or computer problems. Never did get the correct story, and ship left 2 hours late. Restaruants onboard closed at the regular time that day, leaving many late boarding guests with little or no food until dinner. | Mechanical problem |
| 13.5.06 |
A 40-year old crew member died after a fight with a 49-year
old crew member. Both men are Filipino. The assailant was
confined to his cabin and investigations begun. |
Crew Fight - Death |
| 14.2.06 |
Cunard announced two sailing would be cancelled so a
propeller pod problem can be repaired. A 12 day Mediterranean
cruise in May will be replaced with a six day Norwegian fjords voyage,
and a seven night Caribbean cruise in November has been cancelled
. The propulsion problem has affected other schedules.
According to a passenger who is on a Rio to New York cruise in April
(as reported in the Miami Herald), "I sought assurances from Cunard
that my cruise would proceed as scheduled, and was told there were no
problems. I made my final payment last week. I now find
that visits to Salvador in Brazil and Fort Lauderdale have been
cancelled and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands substituted." |
Cancellations / Itinerary changes |
| 22.1.06 |
The BBC
reports that passengers have threatened mutiny over the dropping of
three port calls on the voyage from Fort Lauderdale to Rio. They
complain that they weren't told of the schedule change (dropping of all
port calls) until after the ship left for Rio and that they should have
been given the option to not take the cruise. Some passengers
threatened to refuse to disembark when the ship arrives in Rio.
At the same time, More than
200 passengers joined in joint litigation (class action suit) against
Cunard. Shortly after an announcement on January 26 that the
ship would arrive in Rio 22 hours later than scheduled, and likely in
view of widespread media attention and negative publicity along with
the planned legal action, Cunard capitulated and offered passengers a
full refund for the cruise and airfare. Threat of a class asction
suit was dropped. |
Threatened Mutiny --- Class Action --- Line Capitulates |
| 17.1.06 |
The ship returned to Fort Lauderdale shortly after leaving
port for a 38-day trip around South America and ending in San
Francisco.
The ship departed shortly after 1 PM but soon returned because
something felt wrong with one of the azipods (propulsion units).
An investigation revealed that the ship touched some sort of
submerged object and one of the four motor pods was damaged.
The ship left 41 hours later than its initial departure and will
operate on 3 rather than 4 motors (meaning reduced speeds. The
first segment of the
cruise,which began in New York and for which Fort Lauderdale was an
unscheduled stop, will skip its port calls in
St. Kitts, Barbados, and Salvador in order to end
in Rio on January 27.
Passengers on the first segment will receive a 50% refund; those
continuing on the second and final segment ending in Los Angeles will
receive a six-day pro-rata refund. |
Engine problems --- Delay |
| dd/mm/yy |
2005 |
Incident |
| 19.4.05 |
An 82 year old German passenger jumped overboard into the
icy waters of the North Atlantic off Newfoundland's Grand Bank sometime
in the evening. This is the second suicide this year on the Queen
Mary -- the first was in January when a US passenger killed himself
while on a Caribbean cruise (further details on the latter case are not
available). |
Passenger overboard - Suicide |
| dd/mm/yy |
2004 |
Incident |
| 25.6.04 |
A
BBC investigation led the
UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency to warn Carnival Corporation that
panels in 900 of the bathrooms "do not fully meet fire regulation
standards."
The ship was fitted with 1300 additional smoke alarms and there
are
plans to install sprinklers in the bathrooms. |
Noncompliance
with Fire Standards |
| 11-19.6.04 |
I received the following from a passenger: There was a man overboard incident during the carribean cruise from 6-11 to 6-19-04; the rumor aboard was that it was a suicide. There was also a delay in St Thomas because they did not have the "paperwork" in order with the USCG. This delayed disembarkation more than 3 hours. | Man Overboard Delay |
| 12.4.04 |
The ship arrived in Southampton, at the end of its second transatlantic cruise, 3.5 hours late. The ship was delayed in Lisbon while a problem with a door over a bow thruster was repaired. It was unable to make up the time from Lisbon to England becaus e one of the back-up engine turbines had not been working properly since the start of the trip. | Delayed arrival |
| 6.4.04 |
The ship encountered gale fore 12 winds and 70 foot seas on its maiden transAtlantic crossing. Click here for photos. | Heavy Seas |
| dd/mm/yy |
2003 |
Incident |
| 15.11.03 |
Fifteen
people died on Saturday when a dockside gangway to
the Queen Mary 2 collapsed at Saint-Nazaire in western France. As up to
50 visitors were walking onto the liner across a gangway, the structure
collapsed under them, injuring about 32 people, 12 of them seriously |
Accident |
| dd/mm/yy |
Reported Illness Outbreaks |
| 19.3.09 | From a passenger: We are currently on the QM2 World Cruise and the ship is in semi-lockdown with Norovirus. no idea of the numbers but the crew are going all out to contain it. |
| 27.2.06 |
Centres for Disease Control report that an elevated number of Queen Mary 2 passengers and crew were experiencing symptoms consistent with acute gastroenteritis. On February 22, the ship’s medical staff reported that 31 of 1271 (2.44%) crew were ill and 86 of 2498 (3.44%) passengers were ill. The predominant symptom was diarrhea. The 14 day voyage concluded on February 22, 2006, (sailing dates: 02/08/2006-02/22/2006) in Los Angeles, CA. |
| 6.3.04 |
The
ship reported that 33 passengers (1.35%) and 55 crew (4.07%) were ill
with symptoms consistent with Norovirus. The CDC posted this
information on its website on March 17th, which is twelve days after
the ship had docked in Fort Lauderdale (from Sint Maarten); 19 days
after it was first alerted that an unusual number of passengers and
crew had reported being ill. |