Britannia cruise passengers to fly home after Mallorca storm crash

Passengers connected committee a cruise vessel that crashed successful a tempest successful Mallorca person been told immoderate of them volition person to alert location early.

Inspections revealed a lifeboat was damaged and could not beryllium repaired onboard, the cruise institution said.

P&O said a "limited fig of guests" volition person to decorativeness their vacation aboriginal and instrumentality to Southampton.

A method appraisal was carried retired connected the cruise vessel successful Palma, wherever experts recovered "structural issues" to 1 of the lifeboats.

P&O said the determination to region the passengers was down to "maritime regulation".

A spokesperson said: "We are truthful atrocious but these bonzer circumstances mean that the vessel is required, by maritime regulation, to instrumentality to Southampton with a reduced fig of radical connected board."

The passengers volition beryllium returned to Southampton, oregon their starting point, by formation and transfer.

A tiny fig of radical were being cared for onboard aft sustaining insignificant injuries, P&O antecedently said.

The skipper earlier told passengers determination was "no structural compromise".

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