Carnival Cruise ship hits ice in Alaska, passengers compare it to ‘Titanic moment’

After the incident, the company assessed the impact of the ice on the cruise ship and concluded that the vessel remained undamaged, the company said in a statement.

From April Futrell “Good evening James! We are on the carnival spirit and hit an iceberg just outside of Sitka and Tracy arm fjord! Here’s some pictures! We are safe and after assessing for damage we are back on track headed to Skagway!” pic.twitter.com/KIUkrlLtx9

— James Spann (@spann) September 6, 2024

An X user shared pictures of the cruise ship along with the piece of ice and wrote a message stating, “From April Futrell, Good evening James! We are on the carnival spirit and hit an iceberg just outside of Sitka and Tracy arm fjord! Here’s some pictures! We are safe and after assessing for damage we are back on track headed to Skagway!”

The ship got struck with a piece of ice in Alaska but it continued its seven day ride without any delay as no damage of any sort was reported from the incident.

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As per a report in Fox Business, the Carnival said, “The vessel continued on its cruise and there has been no impact to operations.”

The ship’s final destination is Seattle in Washington and it is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. The ice struck incident happened last week but the social media reactions have been dramatic toward the cruise.

In a separate incident, another carnival ship, Carnival Vista, had to reroute its trip to the Caribbean owing to an issue in its engine.