MSC Cruises, the Geneva based cruise shipping company, said it held a crisis management drill involving about 2,500 persons on board the 58,600 gross ton MSC Lirica off Oman.

“On Monday 31 March at 15:00 CET, MSC Cruises organised a crisis management drill on board MSC Lirica as she was cruising off the coast of Oman. The drill saw the involvement of close to 2,500 people between the crew members, the employees ashore and the passengers on board the ship,” the company said in a statement.