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A cruise ship crashed into a tourist boat before ramming into a dock in Venice, Italy after experiencing a “technical issue”\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n
At around 8:30 a.m., the MSC Opera was pulling into the dock at San Basilio in the Giudecca canal\u00a0when the cruise ship experienced unforeseen circumstances which led to a collision with a nearby\u00a0river boat that was moored there. Footage shows\u00a0the frightening moment when\u00a0the MSC Opera made its way onto the dock with its horns blaring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alyssa Goldfarb, public relations director for MSC Cruises, told<\/a> NPR that they are considering the cruise’s problem to be a\u00a0technical issue. However,\u00a0Davide Calderan, the head of one of the tugboats accompanying the cruise ship, believes the issue can be pinpointed to an engine failure. “The MSC ship had an engine failure, which was immediately reported by the captain,”\u00a0Calderan\u00a0said. “The engine was blocked, but with its thrust on, because the speed was increasing.”\u00a0<\/p>\n The MSC Opera incident has left five injured, according<\/a> to The Associated Press<\/em>, while the local Venice newspaper\u00a0Il Gazzettino<\/a>\u00a0reports that several people were sent into the water\u00a0following the collision with\u00a0the smaller boat.\u00a0<\/p>\n The cruise ship has been given authorization\u00a0to move to the Marittima terminal, as originally\u00a0planned, and commence with passenger operations. Goldfarb\u00a0says an\u00a0investigation into\u00a0the cause of the crash is\u00a0already\u00a0in progress.<\/p>\n