This cruise ship carries 65,438+005 people, including 93 tourists, most of whom are from China. What happened on the Phoenix during this time? The Yangzi Evening News reporter comprehensively interviewed the current situation and the news disclosed by the media, trying to restore the situation in the cabin when the Phoenix was in distress.
At the beginning of the return flight, the wind and rain increased rapidly.
At the end of the trip on July 5, when waiting for the return flight, the storm had already shown signs. According to Mr. Lin, a tourist, "the dark clouds came when we lined up." Mr. Huang, a tourist, asked afterwards, "I know the weather is bad. I don't know why they left?"
But at that time, I'm afraid the tourists on this luxury ship didn't expect what they would encounter later.
After sailing, the wind and rain quickly became bigger, about five minutes before and after.
Maybe he is too scared, especially when he is in danger. Many passengers gave different descriptions of the storm. Some say five or six meters, while others say eight or nine meters. In an interview, Mr. Lin said, "That wave is as high as a building!" "
At this time, a female reporter from Shanghai and her family are returning to Phuket on another cruise ship "Cape Seven". After landing, she wrote down people's feelings there-"What's worse, the violent wind also joined in, rolling up several floors of waves, such as thousands of wild animals, rushing into the cabin and pouring into our ears, mouths and eyes again and again. I still want to tear down our boat. "
An hour later, the empty second floor of Phoenix was full of water, and more seriously, the hull began to tilt obviously to one side.
A honeymoon couple became survivors.
Zheng Lanqing, a 57-year-old native of Jinhua, Zhejiang, boarded the Phoenix cruise ship, but he was the only survivor among the five. Zheng Lanqing's wife, daughter, son-in-law and 18-month-old granddaughter were all killed in the shipwreck.
Of the 37 employees and their families from Haining Haipai Furniture Co., Ltd., 18 also disappeared after the shipwreck.
Compared with the broken family behind the shipwreck, Mr. Wu and Ms. Long were lucky, although the honeymoon trip in Phuket suffered this accident. They managed to escape from the disaster.
In Phuket, Phoenix is an advanced cruise ship, and its four-story hull contains various entertainment facilities. On the second floor of the ship, there is a sofa and KTV. Mr. Wu was here when the incident happened. When the hull was heavily tilted, he desperately grasped the guardrail next to it. Mr. Wu noticed that there were some mothers with children next to him. They looked scared.
Mr. Lin also felt helpless. He said, "In the middle of the sea, there is nothing to do." The guide told everyone to put on their life jackets, and hurry up. He heard someone screaming and crying beside him.
For Buron, Ms. Long's situation at this time is much more dangerous.
Ms. Long was not with her husband at the time of the incident, but at the bottom of the cruise ship. She described, "Later, almost in an instant, a lot of seawater was poured into the bottom of the cabin."
Some people stayed in the lower cabin.
Just two minutes ago, at about 5: 23 pm local time, a diving instructor on Phoenix sent several videos of the ship to his girlfriend.
In the video, huge waves beat on the glass of the cab of the cruise ship one after another, and the waves splashed all over the glass. It can be clearly seen that the hull is seriously tilted to the right.
After the video was released, the diving instructor jumped into the water to untie the life raft and helped some passengers board the life raft. It is said that he also saved two children on the Phoenix. Dozens of people boarded the life raft.
According to Mr. Huang's memory, before the life raft was released, someone had jumped into the sea or fell into the sea.
Ms. Long recalled that at that time, due to the serious inclination of the hull, not many people went out from the ground floor. By the time she came out halfway, the ship had tilted into the sea, the window glass was instantly broken by the sea, and someone was washed away by the sea. Fortunately, Ms. Long rushed out of the door and soon floated up because she was wearing a life jacket. But she said that many people still stayed in the cabin.
When Mr. Lin surfaced, he found that the boat had been set up. At the last moment before the ship sank, he saw a friend holding the railing, and the man had been hung up.
Mr. Lin said that after that, he felt that he had been floating in the sea for a long time, and the rain hit him very cold, and he felt that the whole person was shaking.
Finally, the Phoenix sank vertically into the sea near the coral island in the south of Phuket, first at the stern and then at the bow.
The last image exposure before Phoenix sank.
Mr. Hua, a person in charge of a local cruise company, told the Yangzi Evening News reporter that local captains usually try to stay on the same route when the wind and waves are heavy. Once the situation happens, other ships can help in time.
Not far away, another cruise ship took the last video image before the Phoenix sank. The video shows that in the huge waves, the stern of the Phoenix has not yet entered the sea, and the bow is tilted high.
The crew of this cruise ship rescued more than 20 China tourists on the Phoenix with ropes.
Subsequently, the rescue was fully launched. ...
Source: Yangzi Evening News Network