A class action lawsuit has been filed over the 2017 cruise of the P&O Pacific Aria that sailed into the path of a cyclone.
P&O Pacific Aria Cyclone Class Action Lawsuit Details
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over P&O Pacific Aria Cyclone. “A class action has been launched over a cruise that allegedly sailed from Brisbane into the path of a category 5 cyclone in 2017. The P&O Pacific Aria left Brisbane on May 5 that year. “Before departure a cyclone warning had been issued for Vanuatu as had a forecast that the category 3 cyclone was heading in the direction of Noumea,” Carter Capner Law director Peter Carter said.” [MORE]
Cruise Was Called “Cruise From Hell.” “The cruise, from Brisbane to Noumea and then on to Vanuatu, set sail on May 5, 2017, with the storm intensifying to category 5 on May 8. “On arrival at Noumea the ship was required to dock in the industrial port due to the high winds rather than at the cruise ship terminal,” Mr Carter said. “Nothing was open in the city as Noumea was in lockdown for the arrival of the cyclone, and several passengers left the ship in Noumea because of the terrible sea conditions they had experienced and flew back to Brisbane.”” [MORE]
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