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The 984-foot AIDAperla broke free from its moorings at Le Havre during a violent wind event Tuesday, drifting backward into a concrete wall with thousands of passengers aboard, and the collision was caught on camera. Strong winds tore the 125,000-ton cruise ship from its berth at roughly 4:00 PM local time, snapping mooring lines and […] The post German cruise ship blown into seawall at French port after 68 mph gusts snap mooring lines appeared first on American Almanac .
The 984-foot AIDAperla broke free from its moorings at Le Havre during a violent wind event Tuesday, drifting backward into a concrete wall with thousands of passengers aboard, and the collision was caught on camera. Strong winds tore the 125,000-ton cruise ship from its berth at roughly 4:00 PM local time, snapping mooring lines and sending the vessel drifting stern-first through the harbor. Two gangways were ripped away or left dangling from the ship's side as tugboats scrambled to regain control. Local reports cited gusts reaching 68 mph as a weather front swept through the port city on France's northern coast. French authorities had warned of severe winds before the incident, but the AIDAperla, a German-operated liner on a seven-day…Open
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