Hawaii cruise thrown into chaos after emergency at sea forces port change

Cruise passengers expecting to sojourn Kauai, Hawaii, this week faced a scary "man overboard" alert. 

The Emerald Princess was astir to participate a larboard astatine Nāwiliwili Harbor connected the southeast broadside of the land connected Feb 10. As the vessel approached, a harbor aviator who was climbing a enactment ladder from a aviator vessel adjacent to the vessel slipped and fell into the water, according to Kauai Now and different accounts. 

"Scary concern disconnected the seashore of Kaua‘i connected the [Princess Cruises] Emerald Princess," idiosyncratic whereswaltertravel — different known arsenic question cause and laminitis Walter Biscardi Jr. of Florida — wrote successful an Instagram post.

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"Our aviator slipped connected the ladder trying to committee the vessel successful precise unsmooth upwind conditions," helium added. Biscardi was a rider connected the cruise. 

Witnesses said the aviator tried aggregate times to committee during unsmooth seas earlier helium mislaid his footing. 

Passengers connected a Hawaii cruise vessel specified arsenic the 1 supra were stunned erstwhile a harbor aviator slipped portion climbing and fell into the water. (James D. Morgan)

One rider said the harbor aviator fell astir 10 to 20 feet from the ship’s hull, not alongside it.

The unit connected the vessel worked rapidly to rescue the pilot. Video shows that the antheral was pulled backmost onto the tiny vas wrong minutes. 

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He did not look to beryllium injured, according to Cruise Hive.

"Fortunately, the unit connected the vessel were capable to retrieve him safely," Biscardi wrote connected Instagram. 

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"Our larboard telephone is waived … but nary of that matters erstwhile a beingness and decease concern unfolds."

After the cruise's larboard telephone connected Kauai was canceled owed to the emergency, it traveled connected to Maui — wherever the vessel was slated for its adjacent larboard call.

Due to an exigency situation, passengers of the cruise vessel ne'er got disconnected astatine the larboard successful Kauai. (Patrick Pleu)

"Thanks to God for a speedy betterment and a well-trained unit … [The harbor pilot] is steadfast and fine," a rider told Cruise Hive. 

"I americium amazed [at] however [the] well-trained and businesslike Emerald unit handled everything rapidly and professionally. Well done, crew."

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Princess Cruise Line for comment.

The 3,090-passenger cruise vessel departed Los Angeles connected Feb. 4 for a 16-night Hawaii voyage, with Kauai scheduled arsenic the archetypal larboard call.

Trish Walters of Portland, Oregon, different passenger, recounted the frightening incidental connected societal media.

Replying to a Facebook station by her husband, she mentioned however choppy the waters were that day.

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"Very windy — and kinda scary," Walters wrote. 

"We could spot the breakwaters for the Kaua‘i port, but the vessel needed tons of country to acceptable into the harbor; the upwind was pushing america beauteous good, truthful the skipper and larboard folks decided it was excessively unsafe to try."

The unit connected the vessel were capable to retrieve the harbor aviator during the scary incident.  (Patrick Pleul)

Strong winds caused monolithic breaking waves on the shorelines of the island, according to Cruise Hive.

The National Weather Service precocious issued a precocious surf advisory.

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"We volition travel backmost to sojourn different day," Biscardi said. 

"Thankful for the information of the aviator and for the enactment each pilots bash to assistance marque our cruises amazing."