Inside Saga cruise hell: Passenger on board storm-lashed ship died and 100 others were injured after it was pounded by 30ft waves, report reveals By Ed Holt Published: 18:17, 28 October 2024 | Updated: 22:55, 28 October 2024 e-mail 25 shares 12 View comments A passenger on board a cruise died and more than 100 others were injured after the ship was hit by a 30ft wave, a report has revealed. The Spirit of Discovery liner was travelling back to Britain along the Bay of Biscay on November 4, 2023 when it was battered by storm-force winds. This saw in eight people raced to hospital once the ship arrived at Portsmouth in Hampshire.
At the time, passengers told of how they had to 'hold on for dear life' when the storm lashed at the luxury liner seeing it 'veer and shutter to a halt'. An interim report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has now revealed one of the passengers treated in hospital later died from their injuries. Prior to the ship being whipped by winds, the Spirit of Discovery, operated by Saga Cruises, had to cancel a visit to Las Palmas as the weather worsened and was instead heading towards La Corona when that port was closed because of the conditions.
A passenger on board died and more than 100 others were injured after the Spirit of Discovery (pictured) was hit by a 30ft wave last year, a report has revealed The Spirit of Discovery liner was travelling back to Britain along the Bay of Biscay on November 4, 2023 when it was battered by storm-force w.