New details emerge from cruise drama
Just when you thought the sorry saga couldn’t get any worse, new details of the Carnival Legend cruise drama which saw passengers stuck indoors as violence broke out, have emerged, and it seems like there’s more to this story than we thought.
News.com.au reports the group at the centre of the drama, which would go on to make news around the world for all the wrong reasons, consists of three families, “a large extended Italian family group with two sets of Italian grandparents, a Lebanese-Australian son-in-law and one Assyrian Australian friend.”
More than twenty members of the one family have been arrested, over a massive brawl on-board the Carnival Legend cruise ship. @DougalBeatty #9News pic.twitter.com/0sbdYcKV1g
— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) February 16, 2018
Media reports have suggested that the cause of the initial drama was a group of “Aussie males” who stepped on the thong of an Italian-Australian female, which resulted in “niggling, pushing and shoving” ensued between the two groups.
But reports have now revealed that the final clash between the family and security officers onboard was prompted by a staff ambush in one of the ship’s corridors.
Damning video footage has been shared online, which shows young adults fighting with the ship’s pursers and other staff on deck, with women and men pushing and shoving.
A spokesman for Carnival Cruises told News.com.au an investigation into the incident was already being undertaken by the cruise line.
“An investigation into all aspects of the Carnival Legend cruise is currently being conducted and our intention is to allow it to run its course without further comment pending its completion,” he said.
What are your thoughts? Do you think Carnival responded appropriately?