SEATTLE -- The Wind Song "appears to be a total loss" after the
Windstar Cruises vessel caught fire while on a cruise in Tahiti,
parent company Carnival Corp. said in a Securities and Exchange
Commission filing.
The ship, which caught fire about 10 miles off the coast of
Tahaa, French Polynesia, suffered "significant" damage, Carnival
said. As reported, all 127 passengers and 92 crew were evacuated
and no injuries were reported.
The company added the vessel is fully insured, and Carnival
believes there will be no material impact on the company's fiscal
2003 earnings.
The Wind Star, an identical sister ship to the Wind Song, will
replace the ship in Tahiti beginning Jan. 24.