Terrified cruise passengers sent ‘goodbye messages’ fearing they would ‘die like on the Titanic‘ – as footage shows a freak storm tip the ship ’45 degrees’ and trash the shopping deck.
Dan So was leaving a pub quiz on board a Royal Caribbean cruise from Spain to Miami, US, last Thursday (November 7) when he heard ‘screaming and glasses smashing’.
The 41-year-old says he noticed the deck tipping to a ’45-degree-angle’ and began recording dramatic video of panicked passengers holding tightly to the walls and desks.
A digital advertising board can be seen sliding across the floor and hitting one scared holidaymaker who pushed it away before grabbing a woman’s hand and rushing off.
Dan says he ‘thought he would die’ as the ship held its dramatic tilt for ‘around three minutes’ – even sending a goodbye message to work colleagues.
The ship had hit a storm off the coast of Tenerife, …