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Image source, Jason Morris
Passengers connected the cruise vessel Britannia described it breaking distant from its mooring and colliding with a freight vessel successful Palma de Mallorca
Passengers connected committee a cruise vessel experienced a existent exigency portion section occurrence services were carrying retired a drill.
Passengers connected Britannia, a P&O Cruises vessel based successful Southampton, Hampshire, said their vas "collided with a freight vessel successful Palma, Mallorca".
One antheral connected committee said they were "being pushed ashore by tugs whilst confined to our cabins".
A institution spokesperson said that the skipper was keeping guests "updated".
Image source, Gavin McCoy
Image caption,The "unexpected drama" happened astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic an exigency drill, a rider said
People aboard the vessel recorded videos and images of the incident.
Passenger Gavin McCoy said the "unexpected drama" happened portion "the section occurrence work and unit were carrying retired an exigency drill".
He said that astatine astir 11:00 BST "a abrupt rainfall and upwind tempest ripped america distant from our dockside moorings, breaking tethering lines, h2o hoses, and causing the walkway to autumn into the sea".
"Ingy and I were sitting by the model successful the java shop, and the archetypal happening we saw were the bluish dockside reception marquee tents blowing done the air," Mr McCoy added.
"We've drifted good distant from the berth and collided into a adjacent freight/cargo ship."
Image source, Gavin McCoy
Image caption,Mr McCoy could spot debris successful the h2o from 1 of their lifeboats which was hit
The skipper informed passengers that "there's nary structural compromise, but platform 5 has sustained a tiny magnitude of damage" connected the PA system.
P&O Cruises spokesperson said they were "aware of an incidental involving Britannia connected Sunday morning" and were "working to measure the situation".
Mr McCoy said that everyone was harmless and determination was "no occupation connected the vessel isolated from a fewer scrapes and bumps to 1 oregon much lifeboats that task from the ship".
"The galore radical connected manager excursions volition beryllium capable to get backmost connected again," helium added.
Britannia has headed backmost to larboard to prime up passengers who had been ashore.
The cruise started successful Southampton and is owed backmost connected 1 September.
Image source, Gavin McCoy
Image caption,Britannia had sustained "a tiny magnitude of damage"
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