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  2. 5 Dead in New Zealand Volcano: Cruise Ship Passengers Missing

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  3. 5 Dead in New Zealand Volcano: Cruise Ship Passengers Missing

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  4. 5 Dead in New Zealand Volcano: Cruise Ship Passengers Missing

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  5. Netflix releases "The Volcano: Rescue in Whakaari"

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  6. Victims' families to sue Royal Caribbean cruises over New Zealand White

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  1. Lawsuit: Royal Caribbean Sent Passengers to Active Volcano

    Royal Caribbean passengers were touring the White Island volcano when it erupted in December 2019. A 2019 advertisement for tours of New Zealand's White Island promised Royal Caribbean cruise ...

  2. 'It was pure terror': Couple suing cruise giant Royal Caribbean over

    On 9 December 2019, the couple were on their honeymoon cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seas when they took a shore excursion to New Zealand's White Island volcano.

  3. Royal Caribbean Guests Describe Volcano Disaster Injuries, Lawsuit

    Two cruise passengers have spoken out about a harrowing experience that forever changed their lives. They told The Independent they were severely injured during a shore excursion to a volcano in 2019.

  4. Royal Caribbean liability for volcano deaths may turn on 'act of God

    By Tom Hals. (Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd's potential liability for a deadly excursion to a volcanic island in New Zealand could hinge on whether the eruption was an unforeseeable "act of God," according to maritime lawyers. Cruise ship passengers were among the tourists on White Island on Monday when it erupted.

  5. Royal Caribbean takes legal action against survivors of New Zealand's

    The volcano on Whakaari, also known as White Island, after the eruption in December 2019. The cruise company Royal Caribbean is taking legal action against survivors of the disaster.

  6. Win for victims of NZ volcano eruption suing cruise operator

    Survivors of a volcanic eruption that killed 22 cruise ship passengers, including 14 Australians, off the coast of New Zealand have succeeded in having back-up legal action in Australia delayed ...

  7. Royal Caribbean, Couple Burned on Volcano Trip Settle Claims

    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has settled claims by a honeymooning couple who were badly burned while on an excursion to an active volcano that erupted during the trip, according to filings in federal court in Florida. Lauren Barham and Matthew Urey learned through Royal Caribbean's advertising about the opportunity to go on a shore trip to White Island, an active volcano near New Zealand ...

  8. U.S. couple files lawsuit after barely surviving deadly New Zealand

    An American couple who survived a deadly volcanic eruption in New Zealand is filing a lawsuit Thursday against a tour company and cruise line. The eruption of the White Island volcano in December ...

  9. Couple sues Royal Caribbean after sustaining severe burns in ...

    The cruise line also failed to notify the couple that a 5.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter located about 6.2 miles northeast of the volcano occurred two weeks earlier, the lawsuit said ...

  10. White Island volcano: what we know about the victims

    There were 47 people on the island at the time of the eruption, 38 of them from the cruise liner Ovation of the Seas. Those present comprised of 24 people from Australia, nine from the US, two ...

  11. New Zealand volcano: After deadly eruption, liability of cruise lines

    After New Zealand volcanic eruption, liability of cruise lines in question 04:11 Some of the victims of Monday's volcanic eruption in New Zealand were passengers from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.

  12. White Island volcano: Cruise ship passengers not warned about increased

    A sixth confirmed death has raised the presumptive toll from the New Zealand volcano tragedy to 14 as police lose hope for the fate of eight people left on Whakaari after Monday's eruption.

  13. At Least Six Tourists Dead After New Zealand Volcano Erupts

    December 10, 2019. Of the 47 visitors to the island at the time of the eruption, six died, eight are missing and 31 remain hospitalized. Phil Walter/Getty Images. New Zealand's White Island ...

  14. Devastating video shows cruise ship tourists fleeing for their ...

    Shocking footage of the White Island eruption shows the moment cruise ship tourists watched the volcano erupt. The majority of the victims of the December 2019 disaster were passengers on board ...

  15. New Zealand volcano tragedy cruise ship Ovation of the Seas arrives

    The Ovation of the Seas returned to Sydney this morning after a 12-day trans-Tasman cruise. Most of those killed or injured in the White Island eruption were part of organised day trips from the ...

  16. Ovation of the Seas Cruise Ship Docks in Sydney Following Fatal Volcano

    Published on December 16, 2019. The Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was heavily impacted by the volcano thaterupted in New Zealand last week arrived back in Sydney on Monday, but not before 24 ...

  17. Charges filed year after volcano eruption kills 22 in New Zealand

    New Zealand authorities filed safety violation charges on Monday against 10 organizations and three individuals after a volcanic eruption at White Island last year killed 22 people. The island had ...

  18. 2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption

    Background Whakaari / White Island in 2013. Whakaari / White Island is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated 48 km (30 mi; 26 nmi) off the north-northeast coast of the North Island of New Zealand in the Bay of Plenty.The volcano has erupted many times in recent history, including several times in the 1980s. A major eruption formed a new crater in 2000, and small eruptions occurred in 2012 ...

  19. Cruise passenger who jumped to death from ship ID'd as Fla. resident

    The passenger who jumped overboard off a Royal Caribbean cruise after an argument with his dad has been identified as a 20-year-old Florida resident. Police in Broward County on Wednesday ...

  20. Father of Florida cruise passenger Levion Parker, who jumped off Royal

    The father of the 20-year-old passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship last Thursday in a reportedly drunken, impulsive leap believes his son is still alive nearly a week later ...

  21. Father of cruise passenger, 20, who jumped overboard ship speaks ...

    After a man jumped off a cruise ship into the Bahama Ocean, his father has said he believes he is still alive in the sea. Levion Parker, 20, was last seen jumping off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. His father Francel Parker told the Daily Sun: "As soon as he went off the side, I prayed over him.

  22. Son's final 5 words before jumping to death off cruise ship in ...

    A 20-year-old Florida sportsman fell to his death overboard the 11th deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise during a drunken spat with his dad. Levion Parker, of North Port, Florida was identified by ...

  23. Levion Parker ID'd as Man Who Jumped to Death on Royal Caribbean Cruise

    A man who jumped to his death from a Royal Caribbean cruise last week was identified by media outlets Wednesday as Levion Parker, a 20-year-old Floridian who regularly posted about hunting and ...

  24. 'I believe he is alive': Cruise passenger who went overboard a week ago

    The father of a 20-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Bahamas believes he is still alive - despite the coast guard calling off the search. "Levion Parker fell or jumped into ...

  25. Taiwan earthquake with 7.4 magnitude is strongest in 25 years

    At least nine people have died after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest in 25 years.; Rescuers are working to free dozens trapped after the ...

  26. OJ Simpson's acting career before death: Movies, TV shows

    OJ Simpson, who died Wednesday at the age of 76, had a varied career in Hollywood as an actor and a pitchman before his 1994 trial for double-murder in the deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson ...

  27. Experienced climber found dead in Mount St. Helens volcano crater 1,200

    Looking back at the Mount St. Helens eruption 04:51. An experienced climber was found dead on Saturday inside the crater of Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington state that draws hikers ...

  28. Oregon homeowner crushed to death by 1.2K-lb tree stump

    An Oregon homeowner was crushed to death by a 1,200-pound tree stump he was trying to remove from his backyard Tuesday night, in what officials are calling a "catastrophic accident."

  29. Map: 4.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes New Jersey

    A light, 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck in New Jersey on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was felt across the New York City metropolitan area, and from ...

  30. Cruise ship dancer accused of distributing child sexual abuse material

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A cruise ship dancer from New York appeared in Fort Lauderdale federal court Monday after authorities accused him of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse ...