A US pistillate was killed and 4 different passengers injured erstwhile a monolithic question struck the Viking Polaris cruise vessel portion it was sailing toward the larboard of Ushuaia successful confederate Argentina connected an Antarctic cruise, authorities said.
The 62-year-old pistillate was deed by breached solid erstwhile the question broke compartment windows precocious Tuesday during a storm, Argentine authorities said. The vessel suffered constricted harm and arrived successful Ushuaia, 1,926 miles (3,100km) southbound of Buenos Aires, the adjacent day.
“It is with large sadness that we corroborate a impermanent passed distant pursuing the incident,” Viking said successful statement. “We person notified the guest’s household and shared our deepest sympathies.”
Neither the connection nor the Argentine Naval Prefecture identified the pistillate oregon her hometown.
Viking called it a “rogue question incident” and said the 4 different passengers’ injuries were non-life threatening.
The cruise vessel was anchored adjacent Ushuaia, wherever a national tribunal has opened a lawsuit to find what happened.
The institution indicated connected its website that to research distant regions of the satellite they person “two purpose-built, state-of-the-art tiny expedition-class ships: Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris.”
The Viking Polaris, a vas that has luxury facilities and was built successful 2022, has capableness for 378 passengers and 256 unit members.