Five crew members of Thomson Majesty are reported dead after a lifeboat fell into the sea from its davits during an emergency drill.
The incident happened at midday on Sunday in the Spanish port of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands. A further three crew members were injured in the accident,media reports say.
Thomson Majesty, which flies the flag of Malta, is operated by Thomson Cruises in the UK. The company is part of the TUI Travel group, which is based in London. The ship is owned and managed by Louis Cruise Lines on Cyprus. The 40,876 gross ton ship was built in Finland in 1992 and lenghtened in Germany six years later, when it belonged to Norwegian Cruise Line that operated it is Norwegian Majesty.
