2018-04-10

LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — A lifeboat being used on a safety drill aboard a cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands fell about 65 feet into a port on Sunday when a cable snapped, trapping crew members beneath it and killing five of them, officials said.

None of the hundreds of passengers aboard the British-operated vessel were involved in the accident, which also injured three crew members, said the Canary Islands port authority.

Divers raced to the lifeboat, which had hit the water upside down, recovering four bodies and trying without success to revive a fifth crewman who had stopped breathing, the authority said.

Thomson Cruises confirmed the accident and the casualties aboard its Thomson Majesty ship on the island of La Palma, saying the three injured crewmen were not badly hurt.

加那利群岛拉帕尔马 - 一艘救生艇在西班牙加那利群岛的一艘游轮上的安全演习中使用，周日在港口下降约65英尺时，一条电缆断裂，导致其下方的船员受伤，并造成其中五人死亡，官员说。

加那利群岛港务局说，英国运营的船上数百名乘客中没有一人涉及此次事故，也造成三名船员受伤。

该机构说，潜水员冲入救生艇，它已经颠倒了水面，恢复了四具尸体，并试图没有成功，以恢复已停止呼吸的第五名船员。

汤姆森邮轮在拉帕尔马岛的汤姆森陛下船上证实了这起事故和伤亡事故，称三名受伤的船员没有受到严重伤害。