The moment a cruise of more than 1,000 passengers crashed on a wharf in Puerto Rico

(Video: Twitter @ dunard2)

This is the moment when more than a thousand pbadengers took part yesterday aboard a cruise of Norwegian Cruise Lines. The ship crashed into the moorings of Puerto Rico's Puerto de San Juan harbor as a result of technical problems forced to divert its course.

The merchant ship had left Puerto Cañaveral, Florida. The travelers had paid for a seven-day trip through the British Virgin Islands. Although Tuesday was due to arrive in Tortola, mechanical problems detected on the high seas They had it moored in San Juan.

The images, recorded by the pbadenger from a nearby cruise, show how the ship is slowly approaching one of the docking platforms. Without managing to control his direction, he continues to turn to a second base that breaks and sinks into the water.

At the end of the video you can see hundreds of pbadengers leaned over the terraces of their cabins.

As reported by Norwegian society, strong winds caused the cruise on the docks.

"Today, as Norwegian Epic maneuvered to enter the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a local pilot aboard and the help of two tugs, the prevailing winds made the ship sway to the jetty, damaging two mooring lines at Pier Three " explained Norwegian Cruise Lines in his brief statement.

The ship will remain at the pier of San Juan until Thursday., when it is expected that engine failures have been resolved.

"No injuries have been reported and pbadengers disembark at the scheduled time, we are working closely with the local authorities to badess the damage," the company said, without specifying whether it would reimburse the pbadengers. money to its customers.

Norwegian Epic, the name given to the cruise, had to make a seven-day trek through the British Virgin Islands. The first stage, in Tortola, should have been done on Tuesday. A day later, his arrival at St Thomas was scheduled, a virgin island of the United States, while Thursday, he would dock at Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.

However, all these plans were frustrated when mechanical problems occurred. On Saturday, pbadengers will return to Puerto Cañaveral without having visited some of these destinations, and they still do not know if they will receive a refund of the money invested in their vacation because the company has not specified if it would offer any kind of compensation.