The last time a cruise ship sank with passengers on board was a Chinese river cruise ship in 2015, which hit an unexpected and severe storm that capsized the boat.
How many have fallen off cruise ships?
According to a report from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), there were 212 overboard incidents from 2009 to 2019, and only 48 — or 28.2% — of those who fell overboard were successfully rescued.
How many times has a cruise ship sank?
What keeps a cruise ship from sinking?
Cruise ships may be huge, but the ocean is much, much bigger. The U-shaped hull of a cruise ship displaces thousands of tons of water, pushing it down and to the sides, but the ship doesn't sink because the density of the water pushes back against the ship, keeping it afloat.
Do cruise ships still hit icebergs?
But even if in the future its used in an area in which there could be ice, it's still incredibly rare for a cruise ship today to strike an iceberg. It's not impossible though.
How hard is it to sink a cruise ship?
With the innards of a ship being vastly more compartmentalized, it would have to be many iceburgs from many directions to actually sink a cruise ship.