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"Within seconds there was more crashing followed by chaos as people were trying to escape the onslaught of wind and rain." Mr McCoy said that everyone was safe and there was “no problem on the ship apart from a few scrapes and bumps to one or more lifeboats that project from the ship”. People aboard the vessel recorded footage of the incident, which showed furniture flying around the deck and emergency alarms sounding. Mr McCoy said that everyone was safe and there was "no problem on the ship apart from a few scrapes and bumps to one or more lifeboats that project from the ship". "We've drifted well away from the berth and collided into a nearby freight/cargo ship."

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Mr Hopkin, from Blackpool, said the rain was so heavy he could not see out of the ship's windows. Passenger Gavin McCoy said the "unexpected drama" happened while "the local fire service and crew were carrying out an emergency drill". “We are so sorry but these extraordinary circumstances mean that the ship is required, by maritime regulation, to return to Southampton with a reduced number of people onboard. Within seconds there was more crashing followed by chaos as people were trying to escape the onslaught of wind and rain. A passenger on the the Southampton-based Britannia, Peter Andrew Hunt, captured some of the aftermath on camera and others captured the storm from the deck of the ship. Calling the deal historic, officials estimated it would result in a 13% drop in arrivals at one of the busiest cruise ports in the Mediterranean compared with 2019.

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One of the Britannia's lifeboats was damaged, meaning the cruise was required to return to Southampton with a "reduced number of people onboard," and some passengers and crew were told they had to leave the ship, per the statement. A small number of people are being cared for onboard after sustaining minor injuries, P&O said. The Britannia was blown by gales towards the other vessel on Sunday after a storm battered the island in the Balearics.

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Passengers on board the cruise ship were left in tears after the crash as tables and chairs were thrown along the decks. Heavy rain and hail accompanied by strong 55 MPH gusts and the huge £473m ship is currently said to be anchored less than a mile from the shore following the accident. As cruise ship arrivals were often scheduled months in advance, the new daily limits would include fewer than 20 exemption days in order to honour previously signed contracts, the government said. On these days the limit for cruise ship arrivals would be increased to four, though the number of total passengers would be capped at 59,500 a week. Some passengers on board a cruise ship that crashed in a storm in Mallorca have been told they have to fly home. "A small number of individuals sustained minor injuries and are being cared for by the onboard medical centre," a P&O representative previously told Insider in a statement.

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Torrential outbreaks of rain and gusts of up to 120km (75 miles) per hour have hit the islands. The conditions led to the cancellation of over 20 flights, Spain's airport operator said. A P&O cruise ship carrying thousands of British holidaymakers has crashed into an oil tanker off the coast of Palma in Mallorca after it snapped its moorings. The strong gales sent loungers flying into the sea and the pool, which was captured on video by British holidaymakers. The video was taken at the Punta del Mar hotel and spa just outside Santa Ponsa on the island during the storm, which may also have caused Britannia to hurtle into another boat in the Balearics, with people on board treated for injuries.

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Video captured guests fleeing from the pool at the Sol Mirlos Tordos Hotel as sun loungers were sent flying by the powerful winds. He was on the balcony of his cabin when the cruise vessel and tanker crashed, per the outlet. Wind speeds of 75 mph on Mallorca, and torrential rain, led to the cancellation of more than 20 flights.

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"You could clearly see some had injuries due to either falling over or debris flying around, and people were distraught." A cruise ship broke free from its moorings at 11am BST on Sunday in the Mallorca storm, crashing into a freight vessel. A P&O cruise ship collided with a freight vessel after being ripped from its moorings during a severe storm on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

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Officials in the Balearic Islands will seek to limit cruise ships to a maximum of three vessels a day at its largest port, in a deal described as the first of its kind in Spain. Another passenger shared videos on X of the ship guests waiting at the port terminal, which had debris from the storm outside. The P&O Cruises vessel Britannia broke free from moorings and collided with a freight vessel on Sunday. People aboard the ship recorded videos and images of the incident, showing an emergency response and debris floating in the sea. Mallorca was hit with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain this weekend, forcing locals and holidaymakers to flee the area and take cover. In 2019, when more than 2.6 million cruise-ship tourists visited the Balearic Islands, more than 25 organisations joined forces to call for the vessels to be limited to one arrival a day with a maximum of 4,000 tourists.

Another passenger, Mark Beckwith, said the ship docked again in Palma on Sunday afternoon and praised the captain and crew for their efforts in calming passengers. "The captain has and is doing an amazingly calm job with the fantastic crew,” he said. “It's very calm and relaxed onboard now and we are just redocking to collect the passengers who were off the ship for the duration of the incident." Passengers on board Britannia described "being pushed ashore by tugs whilst confined to our cabins" after the terrifying incident.

The treacherous conditions, which have seen outbreaks of rain and gusts of up to 120km (75 miles) per hour, have led to the cancellation of more than 20 flights, Spain’s airport operator said. The captain informed passengers that “there’s no structural compromise, but deck five has sustained a small amount of damage” on the PA system. "Together they made up the total of people who needed to leave for the ship to be able to sail safely within maritime law, given the damage to one of the lifeboats," the spokesperson added. The company said the ship, based in Southampton, would stay in Palma so a technical assessment could be carried out.

Holidaymakers praised the staff on board and said the captain and crew kept them updated. "We got a phone call to the cabin and they told us to bring our passports to reception because we were going home at five o'clock but I told them I wasn't leaving. P&O said a total of 321 passengers would be returned to Southampton, or their starting point, by flight and transfer. So is the federal government -- enough, at least, to set aside $50 million for skills retraining for workers. A tram accident at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles injured 15 people Saturday night, authorities and the company said. A 15-year-old boy is in hospital in life-threatening condition after climbing on top of the GO train, coming into contact with a stationary object and falling just after 12 a.m.

The storm said to have caused the collision between a P&O cruise ship and freight vessel earlier today also wrecked part of a resort on the island of Mallorca. •A small number of people are being cared for onboard after sustaining minor injuries, P&O said. \u2022A small number of people are being cared for onboard after sustaining minor injuries, P&O said. P&O said that a small number of people are being cared for on board after sustaining minor injuries. The Spanish holiday island of Mallorca was slammed by a storm with wind gusts of up to 100 km/h on Sunday, causing chaos at a local hotel and caused a collision involving a cruise ship.