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Coast Guard Continues to Investigate St. Thomas Parasailing Accident

The Virgin Islands Daily News reports today that the U.S. Coast Guard continues to investigate the  fatal parasailing accident in St. Thomas which killed a Celebrity Cruises passenger and seriously injured her daughter on November 15, 2011. We discussed this incident in our article Celebrity Cruises Passenger Killed in Parasailng Accident in St. Thomas. The incidents resulted in the death of Bernice […]

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Norwegian Cruise Line Cancels Parasailing Tours Caribbean Wide

Norwegian Cruise Line is the latest of four lines to cancel parasailing trips in St. Thomas, following an accident that killed one passenger and left another critically injured. Norwegian has decided to suspend all such excursions Caribbean-wide. Carnival Cruise Lines has also canceled its parasailing excursions in St. Thomas, and Celebrity Cruises has canceled its similar trips in the Caribbean indefinitely. Royal […]

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Another Cruise Line Cancels Parasailing Tours Following Deadly Accident

Carnival Cruise Lines is the latest of three lines to cancel parasailing trips in St. Thomas, following an accident that killed one passenger and left another critically injured. Celebrity Cruises, meanwhile, has canceled all parasailing trips in the Caribbean indefinitely. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity’s sister line, has followed suit. A 60-year-old passenger sailing on Celebrity Eclipse, who the Virgin Island Daily News identified as […]

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Celebrity Cruises cancels parasailing tours following deadly accident

Celebrity Cruises has canceled all parasailing trips in the Caribbean — indefinitely — following an accident in St. Thomas that left one passenger dead and another critically injured. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity’s sister line, has followed suit. A 60-year-old passenger sailing on Celebrity Eclipse, who the Virgin Island Daily News identified as Bernice Kraftcheck, 60, died as a […]

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Celebrity Cruises Passenger Killed in Parasailng Accident in St. Thomas

A news source in the U.S. Virgin Islands reports that two passengers from the Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship were involved in a serious para sailing accident on Tuesday in St. Thomas. The incident occurred late Tuesday afternoon while the passengers were on an excursion.  One of the passengers died, and the other was seriously injured and remains hospitalized. There are comments […]