Emergency scare rocks major cruise ship company as another voyage is canceled

A cruise vessel experienced an exigency scare disconnected the seashore of Greece this past play — requiring assistance from Greek authorities, according to the section seashore guard.

One rider took to Reddit to picture a chaotic country aboard the Celebrity Infinity cruise vessel connected Sunday, Feb. 15. "Lost powerfulness disconnected the seashore of Piraeus (Athens) astatine 3 a.m.," the Reddit idiosyncratic wrote.

"Saw aggregate tugboats coming over. No aerial con (rooms are ace stuffy), nary lights, nary moving water, nary flushing toilets, nary blistery water/coffee, nary elevators," the idiosyncratic continued connected societal media.

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"No ETA connected fix. Heard ‘bravo, bravo, bravo’ implicit the announcements."

"Bravo, Bravo, Bravo" (or "Code Bravo") is simply a communal exigency codification utilized connected cruise ships to awesome a occurrence oregon different superior emergency.

A Celebrity Infinity cruise vessel mislaid power successful Greece recently, triggering an exigency rescue. (iStock)

The Hellenic Coast Guard’s Joint Search and Rescue Coordination Center told Port Authorities of Piraeus and Keratsini astir "the nonaccomplishment of power of a cruise ship… owed to a malfunction successful the electrical organisation panels, successful the oversea country extracurricular the larboard of Piraeus," according to a translated property release.

Four tugboats helped the Infinity get safely astatine the port. 

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The vessel's adjacent slated voyage, an 11-night travel from Piraeus (Athens), Greece, was canceled. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Celebrity Cruises for comment.

The cruise was scheduled to spell to the Greek Isles and Turkey, according to Cruise Fever.

Four tugboats helped the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship, specified arsenic the 1 shown above, get safely astatine the port. (iStock)

The Celebrity Infinity is a mid-size cruise vessel operated by Celebrity Cruises.  

The vessel tin accommodate up to 2,170 passengers. It went done a large renovation successful 2015.

The ship with the malfunction was slated for a larboard telephone in Piraeus — the main larboard successful Athens — connected Feb. 15.

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Passengers were connected a 13-day voyage that departed Barcelona connected Feb. 3; it was owed to extremity successful Piraeus-Athens connected Feb. 16. 

"The 1st Port Department of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus prohibited its departure until a certificate of harm repair was presented by the classification nine monitoring it," the property merchandise from the section seashore defender said.

The Celebrity Cruises exigency successful Athens was owed to a malfunction, according to a connection from authorities. (iStock)

The alert primitively said the incidental occurred connected Feb. 14, but the seashore defender aboriginal amended the statement, saying the exigency occurred connected Feb. 15.

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"It’s been an absorbing 24 hours. About 2:40 a.m. [the] nighttime earlier last, I woke to a dependable that sounded similar an electrical transformer blowing. Sure enough, the vessel mislaid power," a rider wrote connected an Instagram relationship known arsenic ttalkscruising. 

"By noon they were telling everybody they indispensable exit the vessel and find a edifice room."

"We were precise adjacent to porting successful Athens, Greece, truthful the tugs conscionable pushed/pulled america in," the rider continued. 

"At first, they made leaving the vessel optional, but by noon they were telling everybody they indispensable exit the vessel and find a edifice room."

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Celebrity Cruises sent retired a missive to booked passengers for the upcoming voyage to the Greek Isles and Turkey.

"We privation to stock an important update regarding our upcoming sailing connected Celebrity Infinity," the missive read, arsenic Cruise Fever reported. 

"While experts person been moving diligently, we request further assessments and repairs," the institution said successful a missive to passengers. (iStock)

"During the erstwhile voyage, the vessel experienced a method contented and portion experts person been moving diligently, we request further assessments and repairs," the institution said.

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"After cautiously considering each options, we’ve made the hard determination to cancel the Feb. 16, 2026, sailing… We sincerely apologize for this unexpected alteration and [the] disruption this causes to your question plans," the missive continued.

"We hide however paralyzed a deficiency of exertion makes us."

"While we can’t springiness you backmost the clip you invested successful your vacation, we are committed to ensuring you consciousness afloat supported arsenic you set your plans," it concluded.

The missive besides elaborate credits and refunds passengers would receive. 

Celebrity Cruises told passengers it would beryllium issuing refunds and credits. (iStock)

"Kudos to each the unit of the Celebrity Infinity! They handled this full messiness with grace. They were having to constitute down, by hand, each idiosyncratic arsenic they exited the ship," ttalkscruising added connected Instagram.

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"This was a monolithic undertaking, and we hide however paralyzed a deficiency of exertion makes us," the rider said.

"They strived to marque everything arsenic casual arsenic it could be."