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Five Crew Killed in Cruise Ship Safety Drill

Description:Five crew members died in an emergency drill on a cruise ship in the Canary Islands Sunday. The cables snapped on a lifeboat sending it to the ocean, where it fell upside down killing five people and injuring three others. The accident came as the crew was holding a mock rescue exercise on the Thomson Majesty. The Thomson Majesty, with five restaurants and two swimming pools, cruises to the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. (0:35)

Source: Reuters

Tags: reuters , Mediterranean