In New Zealand on a cruise ship explosion
MOSCOW, February 9 — RIA Novosti. One person was killed in the explosion of a gas cylinder on Board a cruise ship, Emerald Princess off the coast of New Zealand, reported on the website of Radio New Zealand.
According to the radio, the incident occurred on Thursday at 17.15 local time (07.15 GMT) in the port of Dunedin, the second largest city in the South island in New Zealand.
According to the Manager of the port, the obvious damage to the ship was not applied. Currently, the scene cordoned off by police.
As the representative of the cruise company Princess Cruises, none of the passengers were not injured.
Cruise ship Emerald Princess was launched in 2007, can carry 3080 passengers and 1200 crew members.